Member Since: 13 Jan 2013
Location: Perthshire
Posts: 79
Running Boards
Yes buy some, I just put on a replacement set and they look great, functional too as other posts relate, wouldn't be without them.
I had to replace the last pair having had an off road experience
SHMBO insisted having damaged "her" car I was duty bound to put my hand in my pocket....and pull out a groaning credit card
But it was less expensive than having to repair two doors, as the running boards prevented the bloody great rock from ripping the bottom of the doors off
Also gives the Personal Protection Officers some thing to stand on, saves their little leggies from having to run alongside the D3
DRW
I built a garage for my Mini
With a place for everything and everthing in its place.
Ten years down the line there's a Mini in there somewhere, and all's where it should be!!!! Ho hum
21st Feb 2013 7:57 pm
Miesmacher
Member Since: 21 Oct 2009
Location: Lucerne
Posts: 73
FWIW, I just decided against. My D3 doesn't have them, nobody ever missed them. A recent trip in a running board equipped RRS showed me that they are not particularly good-looking, functionally useless and actually a bit embarassing.
YMMV...
Wouldn't be without mine. We have side steps on the Disco and tubes on the FL2. My mum prefers the Disco for ease of getting in and out, and being only 5'2 myself, I use them all the time. I've never had a problem with catching trousers on them, but I tend to keep the car fairly clean. When I see a Disco without them, it looks to me like something is missing.
Useful when filling the roof box when on holiday too.As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17
Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)
22nd Feb 2013 11:57 am
Mr Kington
Member Since: 12 Dec 2011
Location: Scottish Borders
Posts: 1552
Ditto Ave,
Good for kids to climb in, useful when cleaning it and also great when loading roof box / putting on cross bars etc. Just need to be careful the aluminium strip doesnt get nicked or fall off on the M25 like mine did.James favourite hobby is writing in the third person.
22nd Feb 2013 12:11 pm
Blobby
Member Since: 28 Feb 2009
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 277
My side steps have gained a few scratches and dents over 80k+ miles and much less expensive to replace/repair than the cills and doors should I wish to tidy it up. Great for loading roof boxes, putting your coffee on when working on the vehicle and older folk find them handy when getting in/out. Loads of discos have them on so they just look the norm to me.
22nd Feb 2013 1:38 pm
davidsidwells
Member Since: 20 May 2012
Location: Burton on trent
Posts: 174
Side steps
Got them on My D3 HSE .Stops the B- - - - - -s banging their doors on yours
22nd Feb 2013 1:52 pm
crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
Posts: 5011
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22nd Feb 2013 2:54 pm
StuF
Member Since: 21 Jan 2013
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 138
Just fitted an aftermarket pair to the wife's D3 - she is tiny and uses them to get in and out.
I think they look smart
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22nd Feb 2013 4:02 pm
DcNexus
Member Since: 04 Jan 2010
Location: Luebeck
Posts: 207
get yourself some Rock/tree sliders
They don't only make it 'look' chunkier - they come with a purpose as well some
22nd Feb 2013 4:06 pm
relikade
Member Since: 18 Oct 2012
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 238
Fitted the step bars
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25th Feb 2013 1:08 pm
iwannadisco4
Member Since: 14 Jan 2013
Location: Sutton
Posts: 42
some nice pics posted on this thread to aid making a decision I quite like the look of the bars but SWMBO, who is the caribbean equivalent of Mrs Bucket, thought that the sidesteps were "much more refined and befitting a vehicle the calibre of a D4"
So, I will probably go for the sidesteps and also mudflaps as I have read elsewhere that they help protect paintwork. Although I am not entirely incompetent with DIY, I would prefer to have them fitted so wondered if anyone could advise on best value for money way to buy and have fitted? I guess I could ask any garage but wondered if there was a non-dealer LR specialist in my neck of the woods [I am in outskirts of SW London/Surrey area]
25th Feb 2013 7:56 pm
StuF
Member Since: 21 Jan 2013
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 138
Got mine off Ebay and fitted them myself - the instructions were fairly comprehesive and it wasnt a particularly difficult job.
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I was duty bound to put my hand in my pocket....and pull out a groaning credit card 
all's where it should be!!!! Ho hum 
