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Googsy
 


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Sidesteps or Protection Tubes?

Would be interested in your opinion. Purely for asethetic reasons!

Thinking of Sidesteps

OR

Black Protection Tubes

OR

Chrome Protection Tubes

Going onto to my silver D3. I think the Sidesteps unless you have 20's fitted like Ronp's look like wings anyone got a pic of D3 with Silver/ Black protection tubes?


Thanks

Googsy
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Post #19678029th Aug 2007 9:58 pm
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Protection Tubes if you must. Black will probably take less maintenance & if you go get a bash when off road, you can always just spray them black again.... Thumbs Up
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Re: Sidesteps or Protection Tubes?

Googsy wrote:

I think the Sidesteps, unless you have 20's fitted like Ronp's, look like wings ....
Thanks
Googsy


Mine is Tubes, Googsy
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tubes without a doubt, steps will be gone the first time you off road it.
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TUBES!!!

Mine are chrome...got them on ebay from here for sub £200......great value

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Tubes will be gone the second time you go off-road Wink
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Tubes but don't expect them to stay pretty. Mine just go on for offroading & are pretty mangled but they do the job!
  
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Googsy
 


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Thanks all. However there will be none of this offroading lark in my D3 ! Neutral
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Googsy, U don't know what U are missing!!! Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter

  
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Googsy only now just saw this thread after your PM this morning , was that ( PM ) meant for someone else ? Shocked Laughing

Anyways you got my opinion on it Thumbs Up
  
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Black tubes on Zambezi looks 8)
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DSL your D3 has a serious pube problem Shocked
  
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Except it's not my D3!!! It was D3Matt's old D3. It started off the day clean (2nd from the left)!

  
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Googsy
 


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I went for the sidesteps as Nick rightly pointed out that if it was raining and Mrs Googsy was in her new frock she would slip one the tubes Big Cry so life for me would be easier with the sidesteps!

Cheers
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Raised suspension in car park and side steps give protection against some ****hole smashing their door into yours Evil or Very Mad

Don't know whether tubes stick out far enough.
  
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