You will have to make a couple of splice connections for the LED lights, but the motors themselves will just plug in. As I said before, the harness that's included with this kit does make the wiring pretty simple. From there it's just a matter of installing the LED lights and then you can move onto wiring. So you'll just want to make sure you get them centered underneath the rockers before you tighten them down. You can slide the side steps forward and backward on the bracket. Once you have both the brackets installed, you'll attach the motors to the brackets and finally bolt the side step onto the brackets themselves. Up front, they'll just bolt to the bottom of the tub and onto the pinch seam, but in the rear, you will have to drill one additional hole to make sure you get the strength you need for these brackets.
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Once those are removed, you can install the brackets that come in this kit. So as far as the installation itself goes, the first step is to remove any existing side step or Rubi rail that you might have on the Jeep.
So if you're somebody who's not comfortable with automotive wiring or isn't comfortable drilling a hole in the pinch seam of your Jeep, I would recommend taking these to a shop to have them installed. I would give these a strong two out of three wrenches because there is some wiring and a little bit of drilling to do. Overall the installation for these side steps is definitely going to be more involved and more difficult than installing a traditional side step. And this kit also includes the wiring harness that you'll need to get this hooked up for power and so that they'll automatically swing down and swing closed again every time you open and close the doors. So as well as the convenience of being able to get in and out of the Jeep easier, you're also going to be able to see what you're stepping down into. These side steps also include two LED pods for either side. And the motors that are included in this kit are an automotive OEM grade weatherproof motor, so even though these are going to be under the Jeep, you won't have to worry about them being damaged from the weather. These brackets are made of a billet aluminum. But, when you combine them with the brackets and the motors that allow these to move in and out automatically when you open and close the door, you really have the complete package. They're going to be lightweight while still being very strong. The side steps that come in this kit are an anodized die-cast aluminum that is covered in a non-skid black powder coated finish and in my opinion, they're a really nice step by themselves. One would be the step itself and the other would be the motor and the mount. These side steps can really be broken up into two main components. On top of that, these steps are going to be very expensive, so I would not want to take your Jeep off road and put these in a situation where they could get crushed or damaged. However, this is not going to swing up out of the way and provide any type of protection or make it so that you can go off road and conquer the hardcore trails with these side steps. So in my opinion, this is for somebody who wants a very easy to use step that will then swing up out of the way so it's not visually impacting the way that the Jeep looks. However, this is not going to be able to take a lot of abuse on the trail. This PowerStep is going to be a nice balance of both where it'll swing down to make it very easy to get in and out of your stock or lifted height JK, but when you close the door, it automatically retracts up under the body and gets out of the way. Generally when you're considering a side step for your Jeep, you're either looking at a side step that doesn't offer protection that will hang down a little bit lower but be a very useful step, or you're looking for a step that's tucked up closer to the body and still offers some protection to the Jeep but you sacrifice a little bit of that convenience in your step. Today we're gonna talk about the construction, and of course, how you get these installed on your Jeep.
I'm Ryan from and this is my review and installation of the Amp Research PowerStep fitting all 2007 and up JKs.