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    I step over them........my legs are long enough. My wife has the short little legs and steps right on them...........

    Anyways, I made up some covers from Diamond plate aluminum...........it covers the whole tread area.........and covers some rusty parts too.....LOL

    picture doesn't show them real well........
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    The folks on this Forum have been polite to me but I have gone totally vulgar using aluminum diamond plate covers. The diamond plate idea could be done in steel (stainless?) which is probably better than aluminum. I already have some scratches in the aluminum mainly from the drill bit slipping when I made holes for the (stainless) bolts but so far the diamond plate is protecting tool drops and foot print scratches as I squat to work on the inside of the car. I am a shameless fan of shiny stuff and the folks on this Forum have politely avoided the obvious criticism of my vulgar running boards, but the more I look at them the more I like them. One cop out would be to possibly remove them and have them covered with truck bed stuff and if I get tired of the glare I may yet do that. The main take home point is that the diamond plate ridges take the wear while the main surface is protected whether it is shiny or dull black and the early Model A trucks had corregated surfaces like the diamond plate. I have some sensitivity to peer pressure and if people start to vomit on my running boards I will get the message and put truck bed stuff on them but then the wear points will be shiny after a while. I have many other problems before getting the car running so I will put off the decision about the running boards until whenever I get tired of the glare!

    Don Shillady
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