So eBay step bars, yay or nay?

I bought a set of the $109 ones from Ebay. I am pleasantly surprised with the quality. Equal or better than the Westins I had on my 2nd gen. I gave them a good coat of wax. I figure even if they start rusting I can have them sprayed with bed liner and still be ahead.

 

Yeah I was going to go the eBay route but found somebody finally by me who has the predator ones. Side note I didn't realize how light those predator bars are

 

1.5 hours away.... pssshhhh. It’ll take me an hour just to get across the metroplex.

 

I got some iboards for my truck, solid aluminum and hardware seems decent. Nine months later and no problems, no rust since its aluminum.

 

How do you like your nerf bars so far? I ordered some ebay ones (about $125) and the brackets are so flimsy, when I step on the steps, the whole bar seems like its going to break off.

 

What material are they?

 

eBay bars save you a hundred, but are worth zero as take offs if they rust.

The CL OEM bars will cost you $200, but can be sold for $200 even 2yrs later.

 

I ended up trading the truck end up August, so only had them on about 5 months. The ones I had seemed to have pretty solid brackets. I did have one bracket that I needed to tighten up after a month as the bar slid down. Only rust I noticed was on a nick or two that I had on the step themselves. But again, I can't really say what they would have looked like in 2 years.