Westin Sure-Grip Running Boards w/ Custom Installation Kit - 6" Wide - Black Aluminum

Video Transcript for Westin Sure Grip Running Boards Installation - 2013 Ford Edge

Today on our 2013 Ford Edge we'll be taking a look at and installing the Westin Sure-Grip Running Boards with Custom Installation Kit. Part number 27-6125-1825. This is how our running boards will look like once they are installed on our vehicle. They're going to have that nice sleek, slim look adding to the vehicle's profile. They're going to be 6 inches wide with a step-pad of 4 1/2 inches. Total length of the boards is going to be 72 inches.

The step-pad is going to be unique in that it's going to be rubber for a sure grip. You can see there how I'm pressing. It's also going to have the grooves, similar to a tire tread. That's going to channel the water away. With a sturdy aluminum construction it's also going to help to prevent any kind of corrosion.

With the built in end caps, it's going to keep the corrosion out of the inside. It's going to have a nice black, powder-coat finish and with a quick and easy installation, we're just bolts on. It's not going to require you to drill anything. Now let's go ahead and see how they're installed. First thing we're going to need to do is get under the back end of the vehicle and undo some fasteners and screws to lower the plastic piece that's underneath the bottom. This plastic skirting is going to be in the way of where we need to mount our front brackets.

There's going to be several mounting points. One screw securing the back here, as well as a few push fasteners along the way. Again, we'll need to remove those. We've already removed the push type. These are going to be the pull-down ones.

You can use a flat-head screwdriver or a trim panel removal tool which will look like this. We'll set the plastic trim aside until the very end where we'll need to trim it to fit around our mounting bracket. Each bracket is going to be a little bit different. Your going to have the two front brackets which are going to be shorter, but the mounting brackets for them, and the plate where your step will sit is going to be located in a different spot or facing a different direction. Make sure that you place close attention to the instructions before you get started. As you can see we'll put it up into place here. The rear one is going to have the J-hook style bolt. They put a plastic cover over it which is going to go in between he mounting bracket and the body of the vehicle since the bracket is steel and the body is aluminum. This will help to prevent any kind of corrosion. Slide it up into place, and rotate it around. Next we'll go ahead and place on our front one. Our front bracket is going to consist of a bolt with the spacer threaded on to it. You thread your bolt through your spacer, place your plastic cover on, and put it up into the plug hole. Push the spacer all the way up. Let's go ahead and test out our bracket. It's going to look about like so. Now we'll go ahead and put our lock washer, flat washers, and our nuts in place. Once I get it started on here you'll have a better view. It'll look like so. We'll go ahead and thread that down until it catches. That will hold it in place while we put on our back one. Then we'll go ahead and leave these loosely fastened until we get our running boards in place. Now on the back side we're going to locate the mounting bracket just in front of the rear tire. This is going to be the mounting bracket for the rear suspension. We'll need to remove two of the factory bolts which are going to be the forward-most bolts. These bolts will sandwich the bracket in place using that existing factory hardware. The rear bracket should look something like this and it'll mount up about like so, at an angle just like the front one is. Notice the difference between the bolts. You should always place those back in the right place where you pulled them from. Take your rear bracket and then take that factory hardware, and thread them back in. Always remember to hand thread them in so you don't cross-thread them. Once we have them started we'll go ahead and secure. With our rear brackets secure we'll go ahead and go up front to secure the front ones. Now that those are all the way up, we'll bring them back down a turn or two, just to make sure the bracket's loose for when we put up our running board. Now we'll go ahead and raise your Sure-Grip Running Boards up in place. With those resting, we'll go ahead and place in our hardware, into the tracks. You'll see that it has a square top on the top of the bolt. Those will slide inside the tracks and drop into our mounting brackets. You can see here how we have the track. Slide the bolt in just like so. Place one on the outside one and one on the inside one. Drop them into the holes. Here you can see our bolts through the mounting bracket and notice that they will have a little bit of room to move around. You can adjust your running boards how you like them so we want to ensure that we leave these loose once we get the hardware on. Place the washer and a lock nut on the bottom side of each of those bolts. We'll repeat that same process on the back one. Now we'll go ahead and tighten down our brackets. Now we'll go ahead and torque down our support brackets to the manufacturer's specifications. Now we'll go ahead an tighten down the bolts securing the running board. You see that we do have a little bit of room. Make sure you press it in and then tighten them down. Go ahead and tighten them down with this and then give them a solid turn since the torquing specifications are lower for these smaller bolts. All right, now we'll go ahead and slide our plastic piece back up into place and see where we're going to need to trim it. It looks like we're going to need to shave it back to this point here, and this point here. We'll go ahead and pull it down, make a straight line across, and shave it off. You can use tin snips or a rotary tool to do so. Now let's go ahead and put it back up in place and see how it fits. That looks like it's going to be a solid fit. Now we'll go ahead and reattach our plastic cover using the screws first to hold it in place. Then our push fasteners after that to hold and secure everything in place. Now let's go ahead and repeat that same installation process on the other side. That'll do it for our review and installation of the Westin Sure-Grip Running Boards with Custom Installation Kit. Part number 27-6125-1825 on our 2013 Ford Edge.