Best looking side steps for the TRX

bigchief44 · Mar 29, 2022

Go Rhino Accessories | Manufactured by RealTruck

Go Rhino products are made by RealTruck, which carries the full lineup of accessories for your truck with free shipping in the lower 48 United States.

www.gorhino.com

Installed these a week ago and love the look. I'll post pics later if anyone is interested.

MrP813 · Mar 29, 2022

I have gorhino dss sliders. I like the looks of them a lot but they don't make it much easier to get in the truck due to them being so narrow.

bigchief44 · Mar 29, 2022

Some pics…I have the slim series.

Livin The Dream · Mar 29, 2022

IMO...
Best for looks: TRX Rock Rails

Best for door dings / rock chips: Ram Off Road Running Boards
Best for Grandma: Ram Power Running Boards

t1rx · Mar 29, 2022

bigchief44 said:
Go Rhino Accessories | Manufactured by RealTruck

Go Rhino products are made by RealTruck, which carries the full lineup of accessories for your truck with free shipping in the lower 48 United States.

www.gorhino.com

Installed these a week ago and love the look. I'll post pics later if anyone is interested.

these are the powdercoat, not the bedliner coating? which one is better?

bigchief44 · Mar 29, 2022

t1rx said:
these are the powdercoat, not the bedliner coating? which one is better?

I have the bedliner…more grip and honestly, I like the textured look. Heck, even the wife loves them lol

t1rx · Mar 29, 2022

bigchief44 said:
I have the bedliner…more grip and honestly, I like the textured look. Heck, even the wife loves them lol

no doubt y the bedliner one is much more expensive.

gcm2022 · Mar 29, 2022

Dominator D1

ChargedUp! · Mar 30, 2022

I have the mopar off-road running boards and really like them. I’ll never own another set of power steps again. I had them on my expedition and after the 3rd winter, they crapped out and one stuck in the down position. They are not serviceable or greasable. Maybe if they had some zerk fittings, they’d be better.

Toxicgas · Jun 29, 2022

MoparToYou said:
I just ordered a set of Rocky Road rock sliders/steps for my TRX. They seem to be a good compromise between step and slider. They should protect the paint at least. And they have a picture of a Ram truck being lifted by a fork lift under the rock slider/step with no damage being done to the slider/step, or truck. We'll see how they are when they show up.

Ram TRX rock slider: Ram TRX Rock Sliders and Step Rail kits

Protect the rocker panels on your Ram TRX, Rebel, Warlock, or 1500 with Rock Sliders. Rocky Road's Ram Rock Sliders are bolton, and the one TRUE Rock Slider on the market for your RAM truck!

www.rocky-road.com

Sorry to bring up an old thread but did you ever get these installed? Impressions? Photos?

Thanks!

MoparToYou · Jul 9, 2022

I did not. Lead time on getting them built and shipped was just too much. I ordered in March and could not expect to receive them until August. I did not want to take my truck off road without running boards to protect the paint from rock chips, and I did not want to wait that long to finally get to take my truck off road. I canceled the Rocky Road running boards and installed a set of Go Rhino Dominators like everyone else. 1/3 the price, 1/2 the weight, and they showed up in less than a week. And they even work well. three hundred miles off road so far, and not one rock chip.

EricnotwithaK · Jul 9, 2022

M22 said:
Other than the retractable (ice and cold climate concerns), what side steps are the best look for our trucks?

So I want to give a little insight into the retractable step. Yes, it will make life in and out more luxurious but it will provide no protection from anything your tires kick up and potentially slam against the side of the truck. Any pebbles that will dislodge off a tire, any sand potentially ect ect it can all do damage to the bottom side panels. That’s one of the main reasons I went with the rock rails by Mopar. It is installed attached and recessed to the underside of the truck and doesn’t take away from the “height majesty” of the TRX like the off road style running boards that look big wide and clunky and take away from the height aesthetic. The rock rails is a thin step to help get up and in and then down and out. Nothing more. Nothing less and it nicely gets lost by the truck itself which is what all TRX’s should be about.

fg3 · Jul 10, 2022

I ended up going with the Ram Off Road Running Boards. I like the OEM look and the RAM logo on them.

My last truck that had retractable running boards (2021 Powerboost F150) almost killed me one day when I had pulled into a parking space and finished a phone call for about 5 minutes before I got out. I somehow confused the computer via some specific sequence of events (trans in P, leaving power on for too long, then opening door, etc) and long story short when I opened the door and stepped out the running boards weren't out like I expected them to be. Just about bit it face first on the asphalt parking lot. I decided then and there that I wasn't going to go for retractables again.

Bubba · Jul 10, 2022

fg3 said:
I ended up going with the Ram Off Road Running Boards. I like the OEM look and the RAM logo on them.

My last truck that had retractable running boards (2021 Powerboost F150) almost killed me one day when I had pulled into a parking space and finished a phone call for about 5 minutes before I got out. I somehow confused the computer via some specific sequence of events (trans in P, leaving power on for too long, then opening door, etc) and long story short when I opened the door and stepped out the running boards weren't out like I expected them to be. Just about bit it face first on the asphalt parking lot. I decided then and there that I wasn't going to go for retractables again.

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This could also be solved by looking before you step out of the truck. Especially in the winter when you might be stepping on ice.