Side steps (Running boards) fitted

[mcox42]

Found a company that do aftermarket copies of the Side steps. Bought a set from Fastlane Styling (link at the bottom) £224.99. They took about 1.5 hours to fit, the quality if the castings were pretty good and we're pretty happy with them...



https://www.fastlanestyling.co.uk/pr...oem-style-fit/

Cheers

Martin

[Tannaton]

These are definitely worth having - I've had two car park incidents now where having side steps has avoided my car needing any paint repairs - not so the cars that have hit me :-)

[Jimmy90]

I've been looking at these. I contacted the company who stated they will fit an r design without any adjustments?

[SwissXC90]

Volvo says the running boards will not fit an R-Design

Reason: The R-Design has a brushed aluminium sill trim, and Volvo say the running board won't fit when the sill trim is fitted.

[mcox42]

Sorry, can't comment on the R-Design. Ours is an Exec.

[stephenmarr]

as for the R-Design just place a couple of extra washers on the bolts to lower it further, job done

[Dastardly Diesel]

Originally Posted by Tannaton

These are definitely worth having - I've had two car park incidents now where having side steps has avoided my car needing any paint repairs - not so the cars that have hit me :-)

Thats why insurers charge more for having them fitted.

[okedave]

Originally Posted by Dastardly Diesel

Thats why insurers charge more for having them fitted.

I've never come across this, plus it would make no sense for them to be charging more for something that results in less claims.

[Dastardly Diesel]

Originally Posted by okedave

I've never come across this, plus it would make no sense for them to be charging more for something that results in less claims.

Ring your insurers and tell them you've fitted side steps. They will charge you for it. More likely to damage other vehicles and pedestrians in a collision. In their mind it's in the same league as nudge bars.

In fact, you should tell your insurers anyway every time you alter your car from delivery spec.

[Tannaton]

Commonsense says it makes no difference, especially if it was a factory option and/or standard on some models.

However....

You can't be too careful with insurance companies. Just last week a lady who works in our office told us her 19 year old son had just bought a new Citroen which has a free insurance policy if you fit a black box. Chap turned up 10 days later to fit the box and refused to do so and his policy subsequently cancelled simple because he'd de-badged it. It sounds to incredible to be true I know but I know this lady well and I'm inclined to believe her.