Had an idea might be stupid you decide

[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.

[usetosellhummer]

Lucky me, Wife is 5-9 and does not need them, said "get those rocker things" So I don't need them. Don't waste your time filling the tubes man, your gonna bust em anyway.

[f5fstop]

Originally Posted by usetosellhummer

Lucky me, Wife is 5-9 and does not need them, said "get those rocker things" So I don't need them. Don't waste your time filling the tubes man, your gonna bust em anyway.

Luckier yet, I don't have a wife.

[PARAGON]

Foam doesn't have the structural integrity to offer any help. Even the expanding foam compresses and crumbles under pressure and would do that in the tubes.

It's added in things like bike handlebars to change the harmonics of the bar. It deadens the bar.

You would have to fill the tube with something that doesn't compress, like concrete.

[evldave]

I might have slightly different perspective than most on here. I've actually used the foam on my surburban, mostly for sound deadening, but it does have some very good structural capabilities.

Here's what I did and what happened. I filled the entire rear panels of the suburban with spray foam (the area between the inner and outer walls). I think it took 25-30 cans total (this was the really good UL-listed fireproof stuff, minimal expanding). It completely re-inforced the rear of the truck - much more sturdy, plus it made the sheetmetal so tight I could hit it with a baseball bat and wouldn't make a dent.

But, would it work on the rails? I don't know but my now ex-girlfriend ran her truck into the rear of the suburban on the sheet metal above the rear wheelwell (where it was full of spray foam). She bent her (steel) front bumper and quarter panel, and I had absolutely no damage to the suburban. Since she used the bumper and hit the sheetmetal, I figured it was the spray foam re-enforcing the sheetmetal that made the whole area bulletproof.

If you do end up doing it (can't hurt) and it hits a rock, let us know if it works.

Here's a pic of the bumper and the sub. You can kinda see the wrinkles in the subs sheetmetal where the spray foam actually expanded out the side of the rig. The bumper bent back about 8-10", enough to push the wheel well into the tire.

[NEOCON1]

if you fill them with foam , will you float away when trying to cross deep water ?????

[FJD]

Originally Posted by HummerNewbie

Keep me posted please.

X2 !

[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.

[fourfourto]

Im not going to fill the steps with anything.Just an idea.

The quick release sounds GR8 .

[Bully13]

That quick release does sound good! That would be the only way I'm puttin those suckers on again. They were a pain to get off. Ok, just one bolt was a pain... but still Do tell bebe when they are close!