@EV Sportline Looks good! Any eta on the proper update and shipping? Thanks!Yes, finished and tooling...working on a proper update to the website and sharing all the details on the slider, turned out AMAZING! Here is the final:
A SLOTTED METHOD
My nephew, Aaron, and I installed the running boards over the Easter weekend. All in all, it took us about 7-hours, split between Saturday and Sunday, but it was worth it. After scanning the QR Code from RMaxx which was printed on the shipping box, we followed the clear instructions from their website video, and began to carefully remove the plastic panels. Our aim was to avoid breaking any of the clips.
When the shipment arrived, it did not include a TP55 bit, but it had all the bolts and nuts needed. Since Aaron had all the other tools required, I just had to make a quick trip to a local NAPA store to pick up a TP55 bit. While I was gone, Aaron continued removing all the plastic panels.
Next, we installed the running boards on the truck by following the video’s instructions. Aaron used his impact gun and a breaker bar on the large bolts. All the instructions on the website video were easy to follow. After that, we worked with one panel at a time to determine how they would fit over the running board brackets. I helped by overlaying and holding the panels in place over the brackets, while Aaron marked the corner points which would later form the “L” shaped cut-out to accommodate the brackets and allow them to stick out. We found that it is important to start with cutting and re-attaching the center panels first; then attaching the fronts and backs in any order.
We connected the dots we made on the panels with a straight-edge and black marker on a workbench. That formed a carefully drawn “L” shape cut-out (Drawing Attached) that we cut and removed from the outside surface of each panel. Cutting tools we used included a portable skill saw, and an oscillating multi-tool, along with a file and utility knife for smoothing rough plastic edges.
On our first panel,iIt took some dry fitting to double-check measurements and to modify the “L” shape before we had a workable plastic “L” shaped template that we could use, again and again, as a cutting guide for the rest of the panels. The template made the cutting easier and saved us some time.
ONE PROBLEM WE ENCOUNTERED
We had to make a few small adjustments to our “L” template for the panels on the front and back panels on driver side only. For some reason, our “L” shaped template overlapped a few of the outside-facing panel clips. Because we didn’t want to sacrifice any clips by cutting them out, we wound up cutting away very little of the plastic panels near those panel clips to keep them intact.
In the end, everything fit tightly back together. All the panel clips were intact and working, so we torqued all the bolts down to the recommended tolerances and called it an Adventure!
As soon as it gets warmer and dryer in the Northwest, I plan on filling the panel voids with spray foam insulation, smooth and flush to the panel surface around the brackets, and to finish it off with an exterior spray paint to match the plastic panels. BTW, I have a great nephew and I know it?
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Thanks,Great work. Wish I had a handy nephew
Emptied both bags and confirmed no bits in there. One thing to note is that both bags were open, but the hardware bag they were contained in was closed. Also missing the instructions, but I assume I just print those out on normal 8x10 paper correct?
Mine were the same with bags open inside and missing TP55/T20 bits. Order from Amazon or go to NAPA to buy if you don't want to wait.
Ended up ordering from Amazon, probably won't get to the install until Saturday anyways. Also realized most tp55 require a 3/8" drive, and my torque wrench is 1/4" drive, so I need an adapter anyways.
You will need to get a 1/2" drive torque wrench in order to torque to 95 lb-ft. 1/4" drive won't get that high, so you'll really struggle to make it there if at all.
Just realized my 1/4 driver was in in-lb instead of lb-ft. Got a cheap 1/2 lb one off Amazon that should work.
Congrats, post some pics once installed. Just curious, what was your order date/order number?
Hoping I could at least get to the passenger side on Thursday when my torque bit comes from Amazon. I will post some pics when I'm done, though they will likely look more messy than what other people have done. Planning on just sawing the holes and patching with gorilla tape.
