Best Power Steps (for light to no off roading)

[Ninjak]

@Ninjak those look intriguing - however they are only pre order. Curious how you got them. How many motors per side? Also would love to see install video.

Well, I did not install these. I hate doing anything electrical, so for that I took them to my guy that does custom radio installs ect, and had him do it.

The steps have one motor per side, on the middle bracket. Believe it or not, I ordered these on Amazon. Lol, it may be my fault they are no longer there because when I was speaking to the person responsible for these, he was trying to get me to buy them on the Web site. (SoFlo) I was like hmm why are they this price there, and this price on Amazon? These are yours, correct? They were 1,199 on Amazon.

Well, now they are gone. Sorry.

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[dougcjohn]

I did the RC on ‘25 BRaptor.
I don’t need heavy rock sliders for my off-road usage. I needed a lower step to ease entry & exit for my 6’8” height. OEM was simply too high for a coordinated and preventing back or butt hitting top cage.

Looked at several, originally planned on AMP. Reason for RC was dual motors and controller under on Drivers Mid-Mount. The AMP uses 1 motor and no tie bar to 2nd hinge, so only board syncs level deployment.

Mainly wanted to avoid all models that used ODB2 connector, wanted them running without dedicated ODB2 connector so it can be used for iBanks and possibly Throttle monster or other connections.

Things to be aware:
RC doesn’t support BRaptor installation. They may indicate can be done now and provide my notes and photos they received.

1) They will hang up on Ft OEM BRaptor Mud Flap.
2) Board Length is close, maybe the 37” tires. They will fit nicely but will need to adjust.
3) Looked at several mud flaps, best ones I’ve found are surprisingly WeatherTech. Very reasonable and shaped great for these flaps on BRaptor. Will need to pick up 2 short bolts to use with Rock Slide ft bolt hole. I used bolt going forward from rock slide mount into Mud Flap. Then set slide about a 1/2-3/4” clearance from bolt head.
4) Passenger side, rear hinge / motor won’t mount til you relocate the BRaptor suspension module mounted on frame. I installed 2 Nutzerts on inner body sill ahead of hinge mount, and made an aluminum 4 hole plate size of module. 2 upper module bolt holes used to mount module to plate, and 2 lower module bolt holes sandwich plate between module and Nutzerts. This provides support and rigidity to module and prevent it from vibrating or shaking. Upper part of module is suspended above inner body sill a few inches due the shape of inner body sill panel.

Besides the mud flap snag and the relocation of Suspension module… mounts up easily.

The door magnets I placed directly on upper door hinges on both ft & Rr doors. There’s a small indentation on hinge that eases alignment. Visually out of sight and not bumped by passengers. I thought the magnet on door near latch looked “after market” add-on. This does required extending the wire leads and I used rear door leads on Ft and Ft door on rears. Which required soldering new leads and reversing the electrical pins for motor direction. The Door Manual Switch I placed on Side of dash between dash & drivers door… can easily reach with door closed but my thought was not needed unless doors removed.

All works great, little noisy closing compared to my F450 OEM boards. But nice that they drop as door begins to open without vehicle fully stopped. My Wife tends to unlatch door when dropping her off at store… factory boards won’t open till fully stopped.
Fold up very tight and look great!

Edited - added a few pics to help visual.

You can see the silver bolt in Rock Slider mount, it was 12F the day on worked on this... I'll come back later and swap for black bolt. The WeatherTech are preformed, pre-holed, everything lined up great. They curve forward and out of the way of the board's movement.

Close up of Bolt and Board clearance. Bolt goes into hole intended to go from Flap to Board.

Boards before getting WeatherTech Ft Flap mounted.
LED's cast nice light, I'll reroute wires on a warmer day.

Magnet Trigger placement on all doors similar.. on upper Hinge. In center of outer hinge was a nice location to mount the magnet. Manual Override of Boards, mounted on Side of Dash.

NutZerts and Aluminum Mount Plate, 2 NutZerts in body sill and 2 in Upper Mount Plate
(Plate hole little chewed up, I had originally planned to mount vertical and had to remove a NutZert from plate, plate softer than the NutZert. )

Mounts up tight to underbody, Board blocks from bottom when closed, and Harness up tight and connections facing rearward and OEM Shield on to add to protection for Front.

 

[whit11]

I installed SoFlo power steps to replace the rock rails on 2025 BadSas. They look almost identical to the rails when up and installation was straightforward, especially the wiring. Only two splices for the driver and passenger side door actuation. Otherwise, plug and play with included wiring loom.

They work great and are quiet and solid under foot. My only complaint is they do not include a switch to deactivate when not needed.

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