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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 10:36 AM
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Side Step/Nerf Bars......Chrome or Black?

what color bars do you think would look the best on my rig. thanks for the help
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 11:27 AM
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I put black on my silver truck.
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 11:51 AM
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I think black would look good...
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 11:57 AM
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Chrome on a SLT or Laramie with chrome bumpers. Black on a sport model without any other chrome.
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 03:19 PM
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black all the way
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by surfram
Chrome on a SLT or Laramie with chrome bumpers. Black on a sport model without any other chrome.
That's exactly my way of thinking.
I put the black Westin step bars on my 99 Sport cuase the only things chrome were the rims, plus I didn't want them to stand out too much.



Dad's is 2wd like mine and he opted for the black and stainless running boards which I think look really great on his truck.



I think the Stainless bars would look good on yours. I think I would shy away from chrome due to the fact that once the elements work on chrome and they start to rust, there's not much you can do with them. At least you can repaint the black ones and Stainless you shouldn't have to worry at all about.
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by surfram
Chrome on a SLT or Laramie with chrome bumpers. Black on a sport model without any other chrome
Originally Posted by RATTLINRAM
That's exactly my way of thinking.
Holy crap surfram, you need to change your way of thinkin'
The last thing you want is to be thinkin' like RATTLINRAM

(Personally I like black on a silver truck, but I am a little biased)
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by hotdram
Holy crap surfram, you need to change your way of thinkin'
The last thing you want is to be thinkin' like RATTLINRAM

(Personally I like black on a silver truck, but I am a little biased)
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Hey Rob,,,,,
I'm thinkin' you got black step bars just like the black step bars I got!
What were you thinkin'?

I'm thinkin' Rollin'Smoke's rig would still look better with the Stainless unless he puts one of them big black "Cow-Catchers" on the front like you got.
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by RATTLINRAM
Hey Rob,,,,,
What were you thinkin'?
Obviously I wasn't
And stop doing this to me: my head hurts.

But that is normal. I need to go change my nerf bars now.

~Rob
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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well Im not putting bumper replacements on this truck. I am kinda thinking chrome will be the way to go!
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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eVERYONE (INCLUDING ME ) IS SAYING BLACK ON THE FEEDBACKS YET THE POLL IS SHOWING THE MAJORITY VOTING CHROME ? WHAT GIVES HERE ?
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by RATTLINRAM
I think I would shy away from chrome due to the fact that once the elements work on chrome and they start to rust, there's not much you can do with them.
Nah, we haven't had a single chrome piece rust in the oil patch. Scratch it and even the black one's will rust out. Can't afford non-magnetic stainless.
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 04:55 PM
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eVERYONE (INCLUDING ME ) IS SAYING BLACK ON THE FEEDBACKS YET THE POLL IS SHOWING THE MAJORITY VOTING CHROME ? WHAT GIVES HERE ?
Looks like more folks thinkin' like RATTLINRAM,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, see Rob,,,,,

Originally Posted by induchman
Scratch it and even the black one's will rust out.
Yeah,,, I need to pull my black ones off and give em a cleaning and a couple coats of B-B-Q black because I've got a few places showing some rust underneath after 7 years.
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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 02:01 PM
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i had the n-fabs on my chevy crew cab and they were great. only thing I didnt like about them was they got scratched up real easy.
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 10:07 AM
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When I got my 05, dealer asked "What can I do to get you in that truck today?"
I said throw in a set of running boards.
They said pick the ones you want.
I went with black Mopar ones.
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