etrailer | Westin Platinum Series Oval Nerf Bars Installation - 2019 Ram 1500 Classic

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Ryan: Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2019 RAM 1500 classic. We're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Westin Platinum Series Oval Nerf Bars. So right off the bat, I think these Nerf Bars actually have a pretty good look and add a nice touch of style to the RAM. It's not really overkill but does help it look a little bit more rugged, and they're actually going to function really well as far as helping us in and out of our pickup.Now a little bit of extra footing that these are going to give us are really going to come in handy, especially in times of bad weather. Whether it be snowing outside or maybe raining, you have somewhere to put your foot and kind of get a hold of it before you just step onto an icy driveway.
It's a little more predictable, a little more safe. And not to mention it's going to be great too for people with mobility issues, maybe children that have a hard time getting in and out easily, and that's because today's trucks do tend to sit up a little bit higher than older ones. So these are going to drop down a little bit and provide us with a little more surface area. So these are available in two different colors. Today we have the black one on our truck, but they're also available in stainless steel if you prefer that to match the color of your truck better.But with that being said, these are made from steel.
So they're really heavy duty, they're going to last a long time. They're going to be four inches wide, so as I said earlier, really give us a lot of room to put a foot, and these pads are pretty neat too. They're kind of concaved almost, so really should provide us with that traction we need. There is some patterns in here too, which I could see coming in handy especially when your boots are muddy or snowy, anything like. It gives you that little bit more of a sure footing.
If we move to the corners, the bends are actually Mandrel bent, so they're going to be stronger, they're going to look a lot better, and because of their Mandrel bent, they're not going to have any creases in it from the tubing being bent.So without those creases, we're not going to have to worry about water pulling up and potentially creating any corrosion issues. So one of the reasons too I like these on the RAM classic, and it's something not a lot of people think about, is the fact that we're going to have this opening here. Some of the running boards kind of come up nice and tight and sit flush, and sometimes those can look a little bit better but you really do lose some functionality, especially for those of you that have larger feet. And that's because when they sit flush, you're not going to have a whole lot of room to put your foot, your toe's can going to end up hitting that. With these, you can slide your foot pretty far in.
So I wear a size 11 shoe, just to give you an example, and you can see I can get pretty much the middle of my foot onto the running board.So it's really going to provide us with a safe way to hop in and out of the truck. So these will actually come in handy too at other times, say if you have some roof mounted accessories, maybe you got a ladder up there or something. It makes it a little bit easier to get up here and do what you need to do. Even when you're washing your truck, you can really get your arm across there and get it nice and clean. And since they do come back all the way to the edge of the back door here, you can even kind of get on the corner and potentially get something in and out of the bed very quickly. So at the end of the day, a Nerf Bar you really can't go wrong with the RAM in my opinion. They're going to look good, be really functional and make your life that much easier.Now as far as the installation goes, it's really not too bad. Everything's right there, easy to get to, and easy to understand. To begin our install, we're going to be here at the front of our truck. We're going to be working in this area just behind our front tire, and we're going to come to the inside here and locate our attachment points for our bracket. So underneath the truck, if we look right here we're going to have a piece of tape kind of just along the side of our body mount here. We're going to use that as an attachment point, so remove that tape. And this tape may get in the way too right here, so we'll just pull it off as well, to be on the safe side. So what we're going to do is take this hardware, which is the M10 bolt plate and get that inside of the frame. So the way we're going to do that is by using a fish wire.So you

[@222MVR]

Great instructional video. My truck doesn't come with factory installed studs. Where did you get your M10 Nut plate?

[@etrailer]

This kit comes with the nut plates to get this set of running boards installed. Check out the following link to see this kit on our website. www.etrailer.com/Nerf-Bars---Running-Boards/Westin/21-3560.html

[@HelterSkelter117]

Thanks for this video! I just bought some ionic nerf bars for my 2019 Ram 1500 Warlock, and while waiting for them to arrive I've been looking up installation videos to see what I'm up against. Every other video I've seen shows installation with factory mounting bolts already present. Of course, the 2019 Classic series trucks don't have those bolts, because why make it convenient for all Ram owners, right!? So I found myself wondering how the installation works without factory mounting bolts and hoping I wasn't going to have to drill any holes. Your video set my mind at ease! Thanks!

[@etrailer]

Thank you for the feedback and sharing you person experience! We are happy to hear we were able to help! Check out the following link for more information on this set of nerf bars. www.etrailer.com/Nerf-Bars---Running-Boards/Westin/21-3560.html