Looking for Side Steps

[AFD]

The only aftermarket rock rails that are designed to fit underneath the OEM Rubicon/Willys are Ace Engineering.

White Knuckle also makes a set that fits under the OEM Rubi rails..

https://white-knuckleoffroad.com/product/jeep-wrangler-jl-4door-unlimited/

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[lordcon]

White Knuckle also makes a set that fits under the OEM Rubi rails..

https://white-knuckleoffroad.com/product/jeep-wrangler-jl-4door-unlimited/

Ah. I sit corrected.

 

[hoch]

White Knuckle also makes a set that fits under the OEM Rubi rails..

https://white-knuckleoffroad.com/product/jeep-wrangler-jl-4door-unlimited/

Those are actual rock sliders. I don’t know why you’d leave the OEM’s on. OEM’s are ok, but they won’t stand up to a lot of bashing on the rocks. Those White Knuckles can support the entire weight of the vehicle on one side.

To the OP: the OEM’s aren’t anything to write home about. Just replace them with slider steps of your choosing.

 

[AFD]

Those are actual rock sliders. I don’t know why you’d leave the OEM’s on. OEM’s are ok, but they won’t stand up to a lot of bashing on the rocks. Those White Knuckles can support the entire weight of the vehicle on one side.

To the OP: the OEM’s aren’t anything to write home about. Just replace them with slider steps of your choosing.

Yeah, those are sliders, but they still stick out far enough to provide a decent step and can also be ordered with a full textured top plate (unfortunately, the OEM rail will be blocking a bit of that usable space).

Other than the Ace and White Knuckle sliders, I don't think OP will find an actual set of steps to work with the OEM rock rails unless he goes with the M.O.R.E. bolt-on Hide-a-Way steps or the new Archetype Racing bolt-on steps (or goes with a similar DIY solution like @NoahVD posted above).

Everything else replaces the OEM sliders afaik.

 

[hoch]

Yeah, those are sliders, but they still stick out far enough to provide a decent step and can also be ordered with a full textured top plate (unfortunately, the OEM rail will be blocking a bit of that usable space).

Other than the Ace and White Knuckle sliders, I don't think OP will find an actual set of steps to work with the OEM rock rails unless he goes with the M.O.R.E. bolt-on Hide-a-Way steps or the new Archetype Racing bolt-on steps (or goes with a similar DIY solution like @NoahVD posted above).

Everything else replaces the OEM sliders afaik.

I guess that’s my confusion. Anything that bolts on as a step will render the OEM “rock rail” useless. Why not just get some slider steps and take off the OEM?

 

[AFD]

I guess that’s my confusion. Anything that bolts on as a step will render the OEM “rock rail” useless. Why not just get some slider steps and take off the OEM?

Yeah, I kinda agree, but both the M.O.R.E. and Archetype steps are designed to be removable. Also, not everyone is going to go rock crawling with their Jeeps and if they do, doesn't mean they'll ever do something challenging to the point of them bottoming out (at least intentionally).

Some people only need the plastic Sahara steps to get a better step in and to hide the ugly pinch seam, but can still do some offroading that doesn't involve technical climbing over a field of boulders, which is more common terrain in your region compared to ours.

 

[STW]

The M.O.R.E. Hide-A-Step is also designed to lower the first step required to get in the Jeep.

As you step on it, the M.O.R.E. step is 11" below the door sill edge, whereas my ShrockWorks sliders are at best 4" below the door sill. After use, the step springs back up to hug the rock rail.



My door sill is 24.5" above the floor (stock-suspension 2d Rubicon on 35s, so not a very high Jeep). For my grown-up but 5 foot tall daughter that means her first step up to the ShrockWorks slider platform is a 20.5" high step. My daughter is agile but it feels like a reach to her and slightly athletic rather than just a step up. Lots of people wouldn't consider that a helpful step at all. Older people. Smaller people. Less flexible people. People wearing a skirt. None of that may matter for trail riding, depending on who's along, but it makes a difference for lots of things we need our Jeeps to do.

That's what the M.O.R.E. Hide-A-Step is for I think, especially on lifted Jeeps higher than mine. the M.O.R.E. step divides that into a 13.5" step and an 11" step. Easy for someone who needs the step. Then it pulls itself out of the way.

With true sliders like the ShrockWorks and many others, you don't want the step to be any lower because that'll cost you clearance. The Shrockworks and many other sliders try to keep the step lower by angling straight out from the Jeep rather than angling up more. In hindsight I guess I prefer those steeper angled sliders than the compromise tube slider designs like the ShrockWorks that try to be both a slider and a step. The step height at typical slider height doesn't offer much of a useable step for people who actually need that step.

As was mentioned , the M.O.R.E. Hide-A-Step is easily removable without tools for the trail as needed.

 

[3TV]

The RSE step sliders sure work nice. But they won't meet his budget.

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