Automatic side steps

[Hoppy11]

Does anyone know where to get hold of some automatic side steps, that connect to your interior light switch, so they fold down when your door opens, and fold up when your door is closed.
cheers
Hoppy

[De-lux]

you mean something incredibily lame like this?

http://www.pickupspecialties.com/Power_ ... _board.htm

if you need that your either one of these:

1. Your fourby's too tall... lower it a bit you poser!!
2. Your really lazy
3. Your a circus midget that can't step up to the height of your eyeballs

which are you?

[MY45]

I dont, but what are u going to use them on ?

[CRUSHU]

I was looking for those for mine, but they are incredibly expensive. Even the small tube ones that retract (just a foot peg really) are around $300 US.

By the way, I'm in category number 1.

[Hoppy11]

Thanks for that, i'm not really in category number 1.
But my kids are in category number 3
Cheers
Hoppy

[YankeeDave]

why not get permanant sliders and use them as side steps and protection for your car

[stu]

use a caravans retractable step....when you park ya car start honking and throwing out random abuse...when people gather around to take a look at this fool...ask one politely to retract your steps so ya can get out.

[customhilux]

Thanks for that, i'm not really in category number 1.
But my kids are in category number 3
Cheers
Hoppy

you'd be right then, make all the money off ya kids in the circus,

go and buy offroad 4x4 USA mag, they have heaps of ads in there about em,

u might be able to order some yaself.

[bru21]

$1250 us. they know how to sting ya.

assuming you have 2 kids, thats 10secs in and 10 sect to lift them out,
assuming you earn $50 and hour.

20 sec a trip, 5 trips to the min, 300 trips to the hour.

Its costs you $50 for 300 trips


1250/.76= $1644.70 aust $

divide that by $50(300 trips) = 32

x 300 = 9600

therefore before fright, installation and further time involved with the setup

it will take 9600 trips to pay itself back.

assuming 3 trips per day

=3200 days.

/365=8.76 years.

But by then your kids would be big enough to get out themselves.

so is it justifiable no, wank factor maybe

just my thoughts bru

[nicbeer]

Put a rope ladder inside and just throw it out when needed.

cheers

[Bad JuJu]

http://www.acmejeepparts.com/cgi-bin/sg ... &checked=Y



Yes its a jeep site, but im sure you could fit somthing similar..

[Doggy]

$1250 us. they know how to sting ya.

assuming you have 2 kids, thats 10secs in and 10 sect to lift them out,
assuming you earn $50 and hour.

20 sec a trip, 5 trips to the min, 300 trips to the hour.

Its costs you $50 for 300 trips


1250/.76= $1644.70 aust $

divide that by $50(300 trips) = 32

x 300 = 9600

therefore before fright, installation and further time involved with the setup

it will take 9600 trips to pay itself back.

assuming 3 trips per day

=3200 days.

/365=8.76 years.

But by then your kids would be big enough to get out themselves.

so is it justifiable no, wank factor maybe

just my thoughts bru

Wondering if bru has too much time on his hands - priceless

[Vulcanised]

wouldn't be too hard to make yourself, a little bit of pneumatic know-how and about $300 for bits...... but stopping them from being damaged would be another factor......

[uninformed]

convert your car to air suspension

serg

[Hoppy11]

bru21
that was great, it could be more fun watching them trying to get in by themselves.
Hoppy

[chimpboy]

I would have thought that you could make it okay for the kids with a handle low down on the door or something so they can heave themselves up. Kids are either (a) pretty agile or (b) in need of the exercise.

When I read your first post I thought it must be for your mum

Jason

[jeep97tj]

Was looking at these to help the misses get in and out with thoses stupid shoes females wear. I have tube sliders but they dont help. Eddy at 4x4usa has them on display at his shop.

[Doggy]

Cheaper option would be to get a new missus

[Stackson45]

I have same probs - kids in category #3, also missus in what i assume is category #4 - what i'm thinking of doing is making steps which fold down either on a spring or simply fold down, locking pin holds them down during non-4wd adventures (Kmart, Coles, Work, etc), and same locking pins up higher hold the steps up out of the way for 4wd trip (eg. Gutters, Dirt Driveways, etc) seeing as the steps will only get in the way when fourbying.