| Author | Message | ||
     Garret Curtis (Garret13) New Member Username: Garret13 Post Number: 4 Registered: 01-2003 |
I have a ’97 Discovery. It has 245/70 BGF All-Terrain TA/KO’s, Roof Rack, and running boards. Other then that it is a completely stock Discovery. I am thinking of taking the (I think stock) running boards off so that I don’t break them 4 wheel driving. Any ides? Thanks. -- Garret Curtis | ||
| Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior member Username: Carter Post Number: 1880 Registered: 04-2002 |
yeah, take them off | ||
| Brian Friend (Brianfriend) Senior Member Username: Brianfriend Post Number: 424 Registered: 09-2002 |
yup...yank em off. | ||
| Eric Pena (Evalp) Senior Member Username: Evalp Post Number: 363 Registered: 06-2002 |
Or just go with them and the trail will yank them off for you!  | ||
| Max Thomason (Lrmax) Member Username: Lrmax Post Number: 82 Registered: 11-2002 |
Garret C, I went wheelin' with my running boards on once, once.... They didn't last long. Now, this would have been the end of it. But it turned out that I had to put them back on (womenfolk involved in the decision). Since they where destroyed, I had to fix them up which was a pain. I would suggest taking them off. There is only 4 bolts per board and this will greatly increase your breakover angle. Not to mention every little bump you won't hear them scaping the ground... Max T. Live and learn | ||
| Chris Brennan (Cdmbrennan) New Member Username: Cdmbrennan Post Number: 7 Registered: 01-2003 |
Does anyone have any idea on a way to manufacture some sort of quick-disconnect for the boards? I've been running without them for months but have to put them on now- at least on the passenger side. Short, elderly great aunts don't like take running jumps into the seat when I'm transporting them to the doctor once a week. The four bolts aren't too bad, but if you just take off the boards, then the brackets remain which seem like they'd get scraped or bent off first time across a boulder. Any ideas? | ||
| Chris Brennan (Cdmbrennan) New Member Username: Cdmbrennan Post Number: 8 Registered: 01-2003 |
Also- at some point I want to add sliders, hidden or otherwise. Thought I remembered a post from awhile back about running board quick-disconnects where hidden sliders were mentioned, but don't see anything in the archives. There's got to be some way of quickly getting these off...the passenger side one's been on all of one day and it's snow collection capabilities are amazing! | ||
| Prescottj (Prescottj) Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 180 Registered: 12-2002 |
The old ladys could use the exercise. Sell em on Ebay and put it towards mods | ||
| Chris Brennan (Cdmbrennan) New Member Username: Cdmbrennan Post Number: 9 Registered: 01-2003 |
I don't think I'll get a whole lot for elderly aunts on Ebay...but you never know. Maybe enough for sliders? | ||
| TPH (Snowman) Member Username: Snowman Post Number: 238 Registered: 12-2002 |
Garret- Yes remove them! Then you can sell them to someone who does not go off-road. Then use the money for diff guards. S- | ||
| Tim Ballard (Tballard) New Member Username: Tballard Post Number: 17 Registered: 03-2002 |
A couple of years ago I went out with my stock Disco I (no running boards) and a brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee (with running boards). At the end of a great weekend of 4 wheeling, the Cherokee running boards were completely shredded - at every drop-off we heard crunching fiberglass! Not a scratch on the Disco of course. So I would take them off. | ||
| Blake Monchilovich (Azblake) New Member Username: Azblake Post Number: 12 Registered: 02-2003 |
How about RTE sliders with the step? Everybody's happy. | ||
| Chris Brennan (Cdmbrennan) New Member Username: Cdmbrennan Post Number: 22 Registered: 01-2003 |
Blake- good idea. That was the mod I was looking for. |
