jlohr

you all are rediculous lol. if you wheel take em off if you dont leave them on. same goes if you like the looks of running board or dont like how they look. this is a 4runner forum why should what people do with their trucks here be any different than what the guy in the parking lot does? are you gonna go up to him and be like your running boards are gay dude...no so why care what other people do with their trucks. if you dont like it move on.

904_runner

The only negative thing i can say about removing the running boards are that the doors get sandblasted from stuff flinging off the tires into the doors

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http://www.yotatech.com/f152/904_run...thread-158746/

Doug S

Personal preference;

The UV in SUV stands for utility vehicle, mine is a work truck = Utility. The runningboards are handy for putting stuff on the roof and they keep mud and small rocks off the sides for the most part. If I was crawling over rocks I'd take them off but for what I do they are a utility feature. Besides, they are really handy for washing the roof....

Doug

Yellowdog

I don't need my running boards to get in or out. I go on offroad trails once or twice a month, but only on easy or moderate trails, so they haven't caused clearance problems. But I might take them off because they rub the back of my calf when I get out, and get my pants dirty. I also want to see how it looks without them. But every time I wash my 4runner, I stand on them to wash the roof.

Bill

j-man

i kept mine on my 2000 for several reasons but the main one is this: I'm in baja a lot and anyone who's driven in baja (offroad) knows that 100's of miles of baja roads = sand/rock blasting to your paint. Even tho i have the painted flares (which keep some rocks inside the wheel wells), the running boards keep all of the kicked up rocks off the rocker panels/doors. So yes, they save my paint and i like em. - so there ;-)

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2000 4Runner v6 sr5 4x4 5spd: Turbo'ed
99 4Runner v6 Sr5 4x4 5spd: Saw's / OME combo TrueTrac rear
98 4Runner V6 Sr5 4x4 5spd E-locker: Saws / OME combo... EEZI AWN Roof Tent 1.4m
97 4Runner V6 Sr5 4x4 Auto: Saws / OME combo TrueTrac rear
2003 Landcruiser 285 BFG At's and outback roofrack
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Jay204

Good point, I left mine on up until this point cause the private road that leads to my secluded lake was cut through the tough canadian shield and is full of large rocks and thin gravel. I just had new paint applied within the last 10months so they have saved my paint from annoying stone chips. Me and and my friend took his 99' Taco (3.5 Old Man Emu Lift) out to my cabin and did some serious wilderness trails. 1 Month later I returned with my 4Runner and did the same exact trail...I was really thinking i'd be touching ground with the running-boards on...but I didnt bottom out once. Just like the comment @ sonoransteel "System 7 installed even with running boards". Really to each his own, I believe they have saved my paint...but for next season I have 22inch Eagle's to toss on..so I will be saying good-bye to the running boards then.

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