Had an idea might be stupid you decide

[fourfourto]

What about filling tube steps with home depot canned expanding foam.
It doesn't weigh much and would fill the cavity and drys very hard.

It has been done on motorcycles to stop vibration of handlebars.

They might be less prone to bending or denting .I have done mild to moderate wheeling with them on and havent had problems ,I try to be carefull.
For some of the sick all day wheeling as done in a off road park I would remove them.

Question is would whould it make a big difference. or any difference?.

Just thinking out load

[HummBebe]

Originally Posted by fourfourto

What about filling tube steps with home depot canned expanding foam.
It doesn't weigh much and would fill the cavity and drys very hard.

It has been done on motorcycles to stop vibration of handlebars.

They might be less prone to bending or denting .I have done mild to moderate wheeling with them on and havent had problems ,I try to be carefull.
For some of the sick all day wheeling as done in a off road park I would remove them.

Question is would whould it make a big difference. or any difference?.

Just thinking out load

It's not the steps that are the issue in this circumstance, it is the brackets that will bend them up into you door.

[Ipedog]

I don't think this will help you like you think it will. Bebe is right about the brackets and foam is just foam... I doubt that it would have stopped this:






(Oh, BTW, I have no idea who this is... Hope it not any of you guys)

[Desert Dan]

Take the steps off and get the rock rails!

[fourfourto]

Maybee gm should have put a bracket in the middle?
I guess I will be carefull, keep it light and have the wife spot when in dought.Otherwise i'll take them off if im planning a day of wheeling .

My wifes 5 ' 2" she likes the steps.

[HummerNewbie]

Originally Posted by fourfourto

My wifes 5 ' 2" she likes the steps.

My GF is 4'11" and keeps bitching that I too the steps off

Yea my wife is 5'2" and uses the steps everytime.

S.

[Ipedog]

Originally Posted by HummerNewbie

My GF is 4'11" and keeps bitching that I too the steps off

Wife is of average height but still bitched about not having the U-Steps on. At least the U-Steps are EASY to put on/off. All four can be done in about 10-15 minutes.

[HummBebe]

Originally Posted by fourfourto

Maybee gm should have put a bracket in the middle?
I guess I will be carefull, keep it light and have the wife spot when in dought.Otherwise i'll take them off if im planning a day of wheeling .

My wifes 5 ' 2" she likes the steps.

If you can hold off, I have a company that is making quick release brackets for the side steps that will attach to the rock rails.

Leave the rails on all the time, remove the side steps quickly and easily.

Sound good?

[HummerNewbie]

Originally Posted by HummBebe

If you can hold off, I have a company that is making quick release brackets for the side steps that will attach to the rock rails.

Leave the rails on all the time, remove the side steps quickly and easily.

Sound good?

Bebe, I love you

Keep me posted please.

[lotus4s]

Originally Posted by HummBebe

If you can hold off, I have a company that is making quick release brackets for the side steps that will attach to the rock rails.

Leave the rails on all the time, remove the side steps quickly and easily.

Sound good?

Now that's a good idea, count me in...

[westhillsat]

Originally Posted by HummBebe

If you can hold off, I have a company that is making quick release brackets for the side steps that will attach to the rock rails.

Leave the rails on all the time, remove the side steps quickly and easily.

Sound good?

Me love you too, I still have the chrome side steps sitting on the garage floor.

[Aubs]

Originally Posted by Ipedog

I don't think this will help you like you think it will. Bebe is right about the brackets and foam is just foam... I doubt that it would have stopped this:






(Oh, BTW, I have no idea who this is... Hope it not any of you guys)

That's probably a product of the dealer saying, "Oh yeah, you can wheel with these steps on. They don't have to come off like on the H2. They don't hang lower than anything on the rest of the vehicle." They said that to me, and I know better now to never listen to a salesman.

The whole foam idea. I think really the problem would just be getting the foam into the center of the steps, unless you can take off the plastic traction things and fill from there. Otherwise, this stuff will probably never reach the middle. Also, it might just decide to eat the finish off the chrome if you get any on it, which is a good possibility with this stuff. I think that the step will bend, filled or open. If it doesn't bend, your brackets will (which is probably what was said before). Just discard the steps, and step up in. I took them off my H2 a long time ago after I somehow bent one on a stump in some grass. Actually, the chrome rail was fine. It was my brackets that bent. So, depending on the impact, your brackets might go first anyway.

And finally, why is that guy in the picture in that position? It looks like there were better lines to take than that one.

[lance-n]

On the other hand, the way those steps stick out, they have most likely protected me from countless door dings in tight parking lots!!! I like them because I can use them to reach the board rack on top. I'm only 5' 8", but with size 12 feet!!!!