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Was just scrolling through the Showcase section and my truck and Duke’s are right next to each other…after seeing his truck and mine I decided I need a pair of his Westin Nerf Bars rather than the ones I already have. $$$s…sometimes I hate the 🤬🤬🤬🤬 site 🤣😂👍

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Was just scrolling through the Showcase section and my truck and Duke’s are right next to each other…after seeing his truck and mine I decided I need a pair of his Westin Nerf Bars rather than the ones I already have. $$$s…sometimes I hate the 🤬🤬🤬🤬 site 🤣😂👍

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Don't worry about it, you're not alone lol. 😆
That is how my truck ended up with the majority of the aftermarket stuff that it has on it. From reading Sid's @Msfitoy build thread book end to book end.
Life on the Ranger 5G forum and Family.
It's educational and Fun at the same time lol.
 

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Fair warning…

If you’re in an area where brine and salt are used on the roads, you might want to think twice about them. I took them off after a couple of years to deal with the rust. I posted this picture in April, 2023.

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I finally got around to refurbishing them last winter - grinding, sanding, rust reformer, metal primer, DTM paint, and a bed liner finish.

After one season, here we are again…

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They literally get sand-blasted by the mix of salt and sand on our winter roads and the brine they use likely makes things worse.

I thought you should know.
 

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Don't worry about it, you're not alone lol. 😆
That is how my truck ended up with the majority of the aftermarket stuff that it has on it. From reading Sid's @Msfitoy build thread book end to book end.
Life on the Ranger 5G forum and Family.
It's educational and Fun at the same time lol.
My eyesight started to fail me reading his build. So many lights, couldn’t make out the words anymore.
 
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Fair warning…

If you’re in an area where brine and salt are used on the roads, you might want to think twice about them. I took them off after a couple of years to deal with the rust. I posted this picture in April, 2023.

IMG_1577.webp


I finally got around to refurbishing them last winter - grinding, sanding, rust reformer, metal primer, DTM paint, and a bed liner finish.

After one season, here we are again…

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They literally get sand-blasted by the mix of salt and sand on our winter roads and the brine they use likely makes things worse.

I thought you should know.
Tennessee is south of the rust belt. Should be good 👍
 


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Was just scrolling through the Showcase section and my truck and Duke’s are right next to each other…after seeing his truck and mine I decided I need a pair of his Westin Nerf Bars rather than the ones I already have. $$$s…sometimes I hate the 🤬🤬🤬🤬 site 🤣😂👍

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So did you steal his nerf bars?
 

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So did you steal his nerf bars?
I knew something looked different when I backed out of the garage this morning!

What the what? :punch:

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