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Anyone got any advice on buying/fitting these on a Freelander?:confused:

My wife found it a bit tricky to get in when we test drove it, so looking at getting some of these pretty sharpish.

I have looked on WebBizCard (tm) from www.uk2.net and they are about £140, I just need to know they are actuall useful not just decorative
 
jcc said:
Anyone got any advice on buying/fitting these on a Freelander?:confused:

Fitting is fairly easy really you will need some riv nuts that are available from the stealers, they are a bit tricky to fit as you need to compress the riv nut in the pre-drilled holes in the chassis and sill.

Other than that its all about following the bolt on instructions.

Ive just fitted a second hand pair to my freebie, I "unfortunatly" already had the rivnuts in the chassis but.... they do rust over time and become unusable so in true landie fashion I had to drill the old ones out!!!!:(
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got a second hand pair for mine last year,managed to get them fitted for me by my local4x4 dealer after hours if you know what i mean,only cost me a tenner to fit both,pretty straight forward to fit,the holes are allready on youre chassis,but are covered by some thick cloth patches,rivnuts are a bit of a pain,my mech made the holes a bit bigger with a drill,then used a tool to insert and compress them,then bolted the steps on,havent found them to be of much use really,just look really good,when i see a hippo without them they look naked,happy i fitted mine hope this helps,do a search for side step fitting loads of advice on here....
 
Thanks for the advice, will do a search.
I just hope mine hasn't got rivnuts in the holes already!
 
hi, I got a set from paddock spares, really easy to fit, took me 45 mins, no special tools, cost £120 inc delivery
 
I find the sidesteps very usefull, especially when I wash the car, washing the rear of the roof I do stepping on the rearwheels (l. and r.) and holding on to the roofrails, going towards the front of the roof I step down from the rearwheels onto the sidesteps and finish the roof like that. No fiddling around with stepladder aso. as I did the first time I washed the car. Now it's easy, no risk of hitting the car with the ladder and above all it's a quick way to wash the "beast".:) :) :)
 
That's a good use for them, I don't have roof rails though, will have to look into maybe getting them, as I have a roofbox
 
jcc said:
Anyone got any advice on buying/fitting these on a Freelander?:confused:

My wife found it a bit tricky to get in when we test drove it, so looking at getting some of these pretty sharpish.

I have looked on WebBizCard (tm) from www.uk2.net and they are about £140, I just need to know they are actuall useful not just decorative
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i find them very usefull ,as i quite often have to carry heavy objects like rocket launcher un fings on the roof,its jist reet for standin on un tyin up. . . .:D :D :D
 
OK I will get some this weekend, after checking underneath my car that the holes are vacant!
 
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