Must learn how to edit when posting on phone ... Or maybe actually read what I've tpyed. 😁.
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
I know, some simply like the look of it,...but why mount something that is not fitting properly, ...is reducing the clearance for about 5 cm, and not resisting at all the smallest obstacle.
Maybe a stone, or a ford mondeo, t-boning the parked car, as mentioned above.
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6th Jun 2017 11:04 pm
cjstevens
Member Since: 30 Jan 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 37
Just thought id follow up on this... it took me a while to get around to sorting my side steps but finally did them over the weekend. In the end I did go for the non OEM ones off of ebay ... i got under the car and could see that my existing steps were not original either as the plastic had clearly been cut by hand to mount the brackets. I went for the cheapest I could find (£97 delivered), working on the assumption that if i paid more from another seller id get the same steps, there cant be many places making these! ... well i was really impressed when they arrived, they are really well put together and went on no bother especially as i decided to use the old brackets! getting the old steps off was 90% of the job .. they were totally rusted through.
3rd Oct 2017 11:49 pm
dgardel
Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: Greater Venice
Posts: 2025
I like a lot these, but I do not know anything about product quality.........
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23326
OE steps are dealer fit and the quality of cutting the plastic does vary considerably. So your steps may well have been genuine ones. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
4th Oct 2017 10:38 am
yorkshireman
Member Since: 23 Jan 2017
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 56
Is it worth paying for Bearmach side ‘steps’ (not bars) as cost wise they seem to sit in the middle between the cheap ebay and oem , are they any better fit wise?
15th Oct 2017 8:44 pm
Somersetjedi
Member Since: 01 Aug 2016
Location: Somerset
Posts: 29
As a summary - what is the virdict on OEM (second hand from a scrappy) or fleebay cheap side bars? And, is there really any difference between the fleebay £99 and fleebay £180? There can't be many producing the OEM replicas or can there? It sounds the cheap ones might have to be persuaded to sit straight but other than that?
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... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
