Side steps

croozza

Active Member
does anyone now what sidesteps would fit a 05 ford courier dual cab

Go see your local 4wd store for some aftermarket ones, all the brands out there will be the same length for the duel cab, and the braketry will be fit to suit your vehicle.
 

whiteghost60

New Member
What type are you after steel or alloy and what type of four wheel driving do you do.

Those are the things to consider before you spend your hard earned cash and by the wrong ones that won't suit the type of driving that you do.

The brands that are out there are bushranger for alloy steps, ARB for your steel steps, TJM for your steel and alloy steps and soon to be realised hopefully as I am looking seriously at these is the ones from Avenger 4x4 which incorporate a pair of recovery ramps.

Hopefully that can give you some idea of where you can go to get the steps that are best suited to your application.
 

ball12

New Member
getting your own made up or doing it yourself isnt to expensive or hard, search around on the net for general styles of sliders/bars and see if you can adapt one to suit your wishes then get a fabricator to make them up. a mate is doing this for his dual cab navara and is only costing him $450 for a set of rocksliders made up and installed.
 

rodw

New Member
There is a difference in a side step like ARB make and a slider that a good fabricator makes like mine:
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You can see, here that the slider sticks in close and is angled upwards so that things slide away from the car...
These also have much more robust mounts to the chassis rail (shown here partally constructed)
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croozza

Active Member
There is a difference in a side step like ARB make and a slider that a good fabricator makes like mine:
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You can see, here that the slider sticks in close and is angled upwards so that things slide away from the car...
These also have much more robust mounts to the chassis rail (shown here partally constructed)
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You have the same idea as what I have been thinking of, except I'm going to make it one long piece instead of the sections that you have, just so there is no stress on any part of the chassis, I am also going to make them stick out a bit more so if the vehicle slides sideways onto a rock or bank it will protect from upward strike and sidewords strike. Also I can then make up a stronger under body protection plate that will bolt onto the sliders so that I have got all bases covered.
 

rodw

New Member
I would not say I have sections, just that the rear flares out a bit to push the car away from an obstacle to get the tyre past and hopefully push the car away far enough not to take out the rear quarter:
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croozza

Active Member
I was meaning the brackets, I'm going to make them one long piece instead of the 3 you have, Just so it spreads the load out if I hit anything, And that rear section is about how far out i'm going to have the whole lot. I might even go the wank factor and put a light in it so when the door opens you can see the step ( for the women )!
 

ARGS

New Member
am looking at doing the same on my rocky but dunno if i can be bothered.. how are you attaching the brackets the chassis may i ask? was thinking some high tensil bolts right through the rail?
 

croozza

Active Member
am looking at doing the same on my rocky but dunno if i can be bothered.. how are you attaching the brackets the chassis may i ask? was thinking some high tensil bolts right through the rail?

If you do that mate you will crush the rails, you will need to make a bracket that attaches around the chassis rail, how that is done will depend on the vehicle, but most will use a U bolt.
 

ARGS

New Member
yeah that's what i mean.. as per the pics ie the brackets around the chassis rail. How are those brackets attached? I looks like there is a hole on each I'm assuming for a bolt. I wasn't meaning simply bolt 10kg of steel to the rail and hope for the best!
 

rodw

New Member
The brackets in the Pics I posted have two holes for a pair of 12mm High tensile 88.8 grade bolt at the top which go over the top of the chassis rail. There is a few mm clearance between the bolts and the chassis rails so they clamp on and stay there with friction. Once tight, they don't move. Just add the bolt, two flat washers and a spring washer to each hole.

This is a much better setup than some that have two flat plates on either side of the chassis rail end two bolts top and bottom because in my setup, there is less to get hung up on under the chasis rail.
 

Swaggie

Moderator
I would not say I have sections, just that the rear flares out a bit to push the car away from an obstacle to get the tyre past and hopefully push the car away far enough not to take out the rear quarter:
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Great looking set of steps there Rod
 
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