Running Boards

[gcjazz12]

I took the running boards off my 2002 Qx4 a couple of years ago due to rust damage. Threw them out and have been regretting it ever since. New running boards for both sides would have been more than $2,000.00 plus shipping. I've been looking online for a couple of years for replacements and finally found a set through car-part . com ...

Just drove 1700 hundred miles round trip to get the boards for $300.... Driving from Ohio to Alabama where obviously rust wasn't a problem.... Exact match on color, year etc on the boards....

Just put the boards back on this week and finally feeling whole again... Just didn't look right without the boards.

[ltsnotme]

1700 miles is about $377 in gas for me. Did you at least have a good look at Alabama?

[gcjazz12]

Was about 250 plus night at hotel.... Drive down I-65 was a breeze. I would have had them shipped to me but salvage yard refused... But, it was nice to get out and see a different part of the country.

[ltsnotme]

And I thought I went to a lot of trouble making my own running board brackets. A road trip sure beats spending hours metalworking though.

[OU Targa]

Wow, lot of effort there.

My right side is bent due to coming down on curb/parking corner. Anyone think the plastic cover could be taken off and then the metal running board bent back to reasonably straight position.