Thread: Side steps options

Epic OffRoad are good and easy to deal with.
Another option is TuffAnt who make side steps. Have a look at their website. I have their product and they are well made and practical.

Epic are....epic. I didn't like the factory steps and tripped on them on the demo unit, made it clear I didn't want them on my 110. I will be looking at some decent rocksliders when the time comes, maybe Ben at APT will have designed some by then, I liked his design for the D4's.

Hi guys,
I had a good chat with Tom from Tuff Ant yesterday about their Rock sliders.
They sound like the real deal. They are able to protect a bit of vulnerable parts underneath as well as the lower body sections. You can jack straight on them at identified spots he tells me as well.
They are compatible with fitting the Long range fuel tank which Ive ordered.
Stock is on hand at their Brisbane warehouse and they offer a fitting service which i'll be taking advantage of when my D300 arrives at the end of March (fingers crossed)

I have excellent rock sliders on my D4 and I was very happy I went that way as a couple of times I've been caught up on some boulders.

We also spoke about the pros and cons of their 18 inch wheels and as I have the 19's coming on the new vehicle we agreed their wasnt to much to gain by spending a motza on a new set of W & T.

Am looking at getting side steps - the better half finding it too hard to get in and out of the Defender

was looking for deployable running boards

OEM - $5700

ORI - $1800

eBay - $2400

Unfortunately ClearVue don’t make a Defender version

OEM Fixed - can’t get a price but cheaper version available in the post above

TufAnt rock sliders - $2800

Any other versions out there that people recommend?

Before you buy hardware there is an inbuilt option.

It's called "Automatic Acess Height"

Land Rover iGuide Online

I have a moderate disability that I find a bit of a challenge at least from the left-hand side but this has made life much easier.

Thanks

I am using this at the moment but also worried about the cycles of airing up and down all the time would wear on the compressor and airbags

It is much better but still a tad too high

Originally Posted by iDiesel

Thanks

I am using this at the moment but also worried about the cycles of airing up and down all the time would wear on the compressor and airbags

It is much better but still a tad too high

The compressor runs frequently to maintain pressure in the suspension system. The extra demand of adjustment from access height is not great. I don't think I have every heard of an issue with the failure of an airbag. Remember that they go up and down with every change in load, suspension movement etc. The technology has been developed long ago and is durable enough to be used in heavy vehicles (trucks etc). I haven't hesitated to use the automatic access height option.