Anyone installed aftermarket running boards? I am looking at eBay Sorento running boards 2016 | eBay
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That's something I'm planning too, but I like the OEM one...pricey!Anyone installed aftermarket running boards?
Those must come only with the OEM set. Get a roll of sound deadener then cut it out to fit the size of each panel area.1. Step 4 involves installing an anti noise pad which was not in the box. any suggestions? Needed / not needed?
Concur with your guess. Would be nice to find out if other members got same hardware package. I agree you should first try to find those 16X10, it would make your installation a hell easier.2. Step 5 involves 16x10 Fixing Square nuts and step 6 shows how the side step slots into those Fixing Square nuts. the attachments in the box i got dont have these
instead i have a rectangular metal piece 25mm x 9mm (item #4 from left - or right - in attached picture). the openings in the Sorento are 16mm x 10mm
as the fixing square nuts description suggests. the end opening is 10 mm x 10mm (maybe 10mm x 9.9mm).
I am guessing the rectangular metal piece needs to be behind the opening but that would mean
removing the plate below the vehicle and getting my hand in there to hold this in place while also holding up the side step and turning the screw . that is an well nigh
impossible task for me.
If the existing tabs are in good shape and fit, I don't see any reason to not use them. I'm sure you can find those tabs at Canadian Tire, perhaps not exactly same but they will do the job.I'm thinking the 16x10 Fixing Square Nuts are likely available at the local hardware store
but am not sure what would be needed in the side step (see item with red arrow in the second picture) so the two mesh such that i can secure using the screws.
can (should??) the tabs from the existing trim be reused?
Again, if they fit, you could totally reuse them.Also are fixing square nuts metal or plastic? if metal then there would be a metal on metal contact and the potential for rust. the original plastic trim had some felt-like material between the plastic and the painted surface. i could reuse those.
thank you @CrazyBiker and @ztorque. your explanations especially with regard to the bracket make this more logical to me. i will attempt this over the weekend and hope to have (finished) pictures to post.Yo, hold on! Those square nuts are designed to be oversized. You have to slide them in and push the other end in. Here is the way they work. There are two pieces - the arrestor bracket and the rectangular oversized nut.
First put the metal bracket in the opening. It acts as an arrestor to prevent the nut from falling inside. Then slide the left end of the nut towards the left of the opening (doesn't matter which end) until the right edge aligns with the right edge of the opening. Then using my method above push it in with another driver while holding the bracket with another driver. Once it goes in, slide the whole assembly at the same time.
The nut is deliberately oversized because when you install the screw that metal nut presses against the edges of the opening thereby clamping the side steps against the opening. It is basically a large nut and screw between which you are trying to clamp down two surfaces together (side steps and the car body panel)
I will update the original instructions with these details.