Any of you guys fitted them, are they easy enough to do...do you need any specialist tools, is there any cutting involved.... I don't particularly want to pay someone else to do a job that surely is only be a few nuts and bolts.....

Any advice would be grateful, thanks.

fitting instructions should be able to be found here

http://www.ownerinfo.landrover.com/extfree2viewlrprod/index.jsp

I bought my FL2's side protection tubes on eBay (£100) and paid my dealer to fit them at the cost of 1 hours labour (£6

£168 cheap compared to the dealers quote of just shy of £400

Best check the cost of the fitting as dealers charges vary quite abit but i presume RRS side steps will be the same process

I know Umbertob removes his when he goes off roading so can't be that hard to fit  RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
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when i swap my fl2's bar (for off roading) i do it laying down

But at least you can select off road height to give you more room

npinks wrote:

when i swap my fl2's bar (for off roading) i do it laying down

But at least you can select off road height to give you more room

i had a look at the fitting guide in the owners info link above and it looks like normal rachet set is needed nothing special, though you will have to tighten them to the correct nM with a torque wrench

if you have a quick look, select RRS, accessories and side steps are on the second page, the pdf give you what tools are needed and a step by step guide (no pun intended)

for some reason the fitting page wont download....

Worked fine for me if i use IE and not Firefox, but its in my gallery now for you

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/albums/us...0steps.pdf

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filaborg wrote:

Any of you guys fitted them, are they easy enough to do...do you need any specialist tools, is there any cutting involved.... I don't particularly want to pay someone else to do a job that surely is only be a few nuts and bolts.....

Any advice would be grateful, thanks.

It's very easy, no cutting involved, no need to lift the car (if you put it in off road height though, it'll be easier to slide under the chassis to tighten some bolts.) The OEM kit includes new trim pieces for the lower sills (so you can set the original trim aside and reinstall it on the car if you ever want to go back to stock look, leaving behind no traces of your side steps), with cutouts that match the position of the 6 brackets (3 per side) supporting the platforms. You will need a stubby or offset Phillips screwdriver to remove a couple of screw holding the trim in place inside the rear wheel well, and about the only thing you need to pay attention to are those little plastic yellow/white pushpins on the trim, which tend to get dislodged from the trim pieces as you take the originals out or put the replacements on, so they may not line up properly with their female counterparts on the sills. There are also a handful of plastic stud retainers for the trim located under the chassis that are equally easy to remove and replace. After removing the original trim you mount the brackets with the provided bolts and washers using a 13mm (or 17mm? Can't remember) socket. When the brackets are securely bolted on the body, snap the replacement trim over them, slide the steps over the brackets and screw them in place. Done. First time it may take you a couple of hours, but it's very easy (as JayMann correctly points out: "If Umbertob can do it, it can't be hard!" ) and you don't need any extra help, since the aluminum steps are light and easy to position for a single person.

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