Nerf Bars Research Guide

Pickup Trucks and SUV’s are getting bigger, higher off the ground, especially if you have taken the liberty of putting in a lift or two. Climbing into the bed of your truck is getting tougher and tougher. You want all of the advantages of a high clearance pickup truck or sport utility vehicle but with todays trucks becoming more versatile, there duties increasing.

Take the following examples. You have a big date, you drive over to your lady’s house to pick her up to go out on the town and she cant step up into the cab without the aide of the step ladder from the bed of your pickup.

What is a Nerf Bar? Nerf Bars (sometimes called Side Steps or Step Bars) Side Steps add style and functionality to your truck or SUV. A wide variety of styles include black powder coated, stainless steel and chrome . They come in a variety of shapes and styles including tube steps, oval steps, LED lighted nerf steps and more for both Truck and SUV’s. Nerf bars are sold in pairs and have easy bolt on installation to existing holes in your truck or SUV frame. Nerf bars are made for all sizes of trucks including full size, crew cab, super cab, quad cab, king cab and extended cab.

Nerf bars may not ring a bell with you as a truck owner, but chances are that you are familiar with them, at least visually. These are the chrome or painted metal accessories that are used below the driver and passenger door on some trucks to give better access to the cab by acting as a step up. Nerf bars actually got their start on the racetrack, being fitted to single seat race cars for use in passing maneuvers. A “nerf” is technically a slight bump, or nudge, used to facilitate a pass on an asphalt oval racing track. While that may have been their origins, they have come a long way since then. They are now fitted to many different vehicles (typically trucks and SUVs) for aid in getting in and out of the cab of the vehicle. They also play a role in protecting rocker panels and the bottom of doors when a vehicle is taken off road.

For more information on the types of nerfs, materials, finishes and sizes see Styles and Specifications.