GQ Patrol side step help

[liftlid]

Sell those steps, they are the factory ones and only bolt to the body and will do more damage to the sill than having nothing at all, you need to get the slider style,

[Clunk]

Sell those steps, they are the factory ones and only bolt to the body and will do more damage to the sill than having nothing at all, you need to get the slider style,

Depends on what he's using his rig for surely????!!!!

[liftlid]

Depends on what he's using his rig for surely????!!!!

Ok if it's bitumen only, keep them!

[liftlid]

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This is where they mount to the floor
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That's where they mounted to the body and the damage they did

[dom14]

Thanks mate. I'm hoping to keep them and use them by modifying the brackets or some other fitting technique.
Yeah, I don't think it's a good idea to fix them onto the body or the sill, I would rather fit them onto the chassis.
U bolt idea above gave me a good start I think.

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This is where they mount to the floor
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That's where they mounted to the body and the damage they did

[dom14]

Yep. This might be the way to go mate.
I may need a bracket to fit onto the bracket, and the fitting bracket go around the chassis, rather than making holes on it.
Chassis has some holes, but they don't quite align with the brackets.
No doubt I need to modify the side step brackets, if I'm to use them.

Don't go drilling holes in body just yet.
they can't attach to body and chassis as they move independently.
You could fashion a "U" bolt to encompass the chassis requiring only a strong flat plate to secure,
1/2" "U" bolts minimum, or see if you can pick up any holes along chassis in 3 places, Twist brackets around to suit

[taslucas]

Hi Dom, as others have said, the steps you have are factory ones. They bolt to floor pan as shown by clunk and liftlid. The easiest thing to do is bolt them up to the original spots. If you are concerned about damaging them or the floor pan or sill panel while offroad then your better off to get different side steps/rock sliders altogether. Those you have there bend very easily and will not protect the vehicle regardless of how they are mounted.

[threedogs]

As Lucas says not very strong I could draw you a bomb proof mounting system but the alloy steps will be the weak point.
Modify the bracket to suit and we can let you know what we think, best way to nut out any weak points. wont be ideal
but it may save you some bucks along the way

[Winnie]

Hey mate, you should not have to modify the mounts at all.
I agree with Liftlid though, if you are going to be doing any sort of offroading, I would leave them off because they really will do more damage than having nothing at all. I removed mine for that reason.

[dom14]

Hi Dom, as others have said, the steps you have are factory ones. They bolt to floor pan as shown by clunk and liftlid. The easiest thing to do is bolt them up to the original spots. If you are concerned about damaging them or the floor pan or sill panel while offroad then your better off to get different side steps/rock sliders altogether. Those you have there bend very easily and will not protect the vehicle regardless of how they are mounted.

Hi Taslucas,
I wasn't aware they can cause damage to the body while off-roading. I don't do much mud off-roading at the moment. The rig isn't ready for that yet.
It's an RB30, and I'm bit concerned about revving it in mud 'cos I need the rig, specially the motor and gearbox in good shape for my longer treks in the big red. I got the side steps to make it easy to get onto the car, and then again, of course it looks nice with the side steps.

I'll see if I can bolt them onto the original spots as it meant to be for the time being, and work on a better solution slowly.
I thought it's a bad idea to have them fixed to the body, 'cos it's pretty much thin sheet metal, where as the chassis is hard steel.
I didn't know they are even worse when off roading, 'cos I've never had side steps.

Thanks for the tips mate.