Nerf Bars...

NDwalleyes · Nov 21, 2015

So the wife wants nerf bars for the truck. I've never had them on any of my trucks... but she is getting older (don't teller her I said that) and wants them and I'm tired of hearing about it.

Question: I travel a fair amount of gravel. What is going to hold up the best? Chrome or stainless steel? Should a guy just buy a set of painted ones, sand them down and put Rhino Liner on them right out of the box?

jr2280 · Nov 21, 2015

I don't think you want chrome. I have always had stainless and never had a problem. It will fade a little where rocks continually hit them but really only on very front and underside at least from my three sets I have had.

NDwalleyes · Nov 22, 2015

jr2280 said:
I don't think you want chrome. I have always had stainless and never had a problem. It will fade a little where rocks continually hit them but really only on very front and underside at least from my three sets I have had.

Yeah...the more I read on this, it sounds like stainless steel is the way to go. Thanks for the input.

701FishSlayer · Nov 22, 2015

I've had the Westins on last 2 trucks. They held up just find on the gravel for multiple years between the 2. I dunno, that's the only ones I've ever had.

Feildhunter701 · Nov 22, 2015

I think the Westin bars are the cheapest set and the hold up. As good or better then anything on the market. Stainless is the way to go.

FishReaper · Nov 22, 2015

You could take a sander to scuff up the stainless and put a bedliner on the bottom of them if one so wished. I did that to my last pair and it worked out nice

Callem'In · Nov 22, 2015

Look at Luverne brand stainless Nerf bars. I believe they are the highest quality that I looked at. May pay more for them, but lifetime warranty and made in SD.

jr2280 · Nov 22, 2015

I have had Luverne on two trucks for sure they are good quality. The last set I had was wider I think 4 inch wide. From the side they look the same but actually give your foot something to stand on. I really liked them. I can not remember the brand on those though. They may have still been Luverne but I just can't remember. I bought them at realtruck.com. I see they are having nerfvember right now too so maybe you can get a deal there depending on what you settle for.

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After looking I believe the wide ones I had were DeeZee brand.

CAH · Nov 22, 2015

had some Laverne ones, sprayed them with rhino liner, it worked great until they rusted out from the inside...Im not sure what happened, I can only assume that when the liner was sprayed on, the bars weren't completely dry. Just something to watch out for.

NDwalleyes · Nov 22, 2015

Thanks for the feedback. Will look at the Laverne ones closely. I think I'll go with the stainless and if/when they start to look ruff I'll sand them down and hit them with bed liner.

Sub_Elect · Nov 22, 2015

My pickup (ford) has the oval stainless or aluminum ones. I like em because they keep the rock chips off the paint because they are wider and tucked in nice.

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