Westin Signature Series Round Nerf Bars - 3" - Black Powder Coated Steel

Video Transcript for Westin Signature Series Round Nerf Bars Installation - 2016 Ram 1500

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2016 Ram 1500, you're gonna be taking a look at and I'll show you how to install the Westin Signature Series round nerf bars. What our nerf bars look like when they're installed, round tube design with curved ends to maintain that streamlined look on your vehicle. They're gonna be constructed of a black powder coat steel, it's gonna resist any rust or corrosion. Just gonna set these bars apart, because you're gonna have two separate pads, one for each door. You're gonna have a 3" wide step to give you sure footing when entering and exiting the vehicle. One thing I really like about these foot pads is they're protected against UV rays, road salts, and oil, so they're not gonna crack and break apart over time.

Another thing that's gonna set these bars apart from others is, where our pad sits on the bar, it's actually indented and not cut out. The difference is with it just being indented the way these are, they're really gonna protect from any internal corroding. As far as the installation goes on these, it's pretty straightforward, pretty simple. There's not gonna be any welding or drilling we're gonna have to do.Now that we've gone over some of the features of these nice bars, let me show just how easy they are to put on. First thing we need to do is here on our driver's side, we're gonna do the same thing on the passenger side, we're gonna remove these two pieces of tape on the front inside panel of the vehicle.

Now, '15 and newer vehicles are gonna have weld nuts here pre-existing. If they don't, in your instructions it tells you to use a different plate that has a nut on it. We're gonna start with this bolt plate here. You can see it doesn't have a nut on it or anything, just the bolt. We're gonna have a pull wire, it comes in our kit.

We're gonna thread it through this front hole and we're gonna come out this one, just like that. Take our plate and we're gonna thread it onto our pull wire. Slowly feed this in, don't let go of your pull wire. Bolt, unthread your pull wire, make sure you hold onto that bolt plate so it doesn't fall back down in there. You're gonna take your plastic retaining ring like this, you're gonna have two different sizes, square size is gonna be the same, but the hole in the center's gonna be different.

Make sure you get the right one to hold this smaller bolt on. Just like that. That'll keep your bolt from falling in.Next, since we're gonna be using this most forward weld nut, I would suggest cleaning it out because it's open to the elements. So if you take some penetrating oil, wire tube brush, if you don't have one of them you can find one on our website. Just wanna make sure that our bolt is not going to cross thread. You're gonna take the smaller M8 bolt, try and hand thread it into place. Once you have your weld nut cleaned out, next thing we gotta do is we're gonna have to remove this bracket. First thing we're gonna do is we're gonna take the inaudible 00:03:34 wiring off, just on a hanger on that mount. Kind of hard to get a drill in here, so I'm gonna use a short swivel with an 18 millimeter socket. Then we're gonna have one more there.Next, we'll take our bracket, passenger side and driver side are gonna be a little bit different. They're gonna look the same, however, this part here is the part you want on the back. That's how you're gonna know your driver from your passenger side. We'll set it up like that. We're gonna take your small M8 bolt since we have existing weld nuts, you're gonna put on is a lock washer and then a flat washer. We're gonna use this bottom hole and we're gonna thread it right into that weld nut that we cleaned out. Now, we're just gonna hand tighten that for now just to hold our plate in place, we're not gonna thread it or tighten it all the way. For our bolts up here, this one put on a flat washer, lock washer, then the nut that comes in your kit. Again, we're just gonna hand tighten it for now.Now, we're in the back of the rocker panel. Go ahead and pull our tape off. This time we're gonna have a nut plate and it's gonna have a weld nut on it, or a nut on it. We wanna get it inside and we wanna go to the most forward hole. Now, we're gonna take our plastic ring, again, two different size holes, this is the one you're gonna use the bigger one on. We're gonna do the same thing we did with the front. We're gonna get that threaded on there to hold that in place. Next, we're gonna have a rear bracket that looks like this, we're gonna slide it on. We're gonna spin the weld nut that's on that bracket, or on the plate, up towards the hole. And, we're gonna take our M10 bolt, lock washer, and flat washer, and we're gonna thread it into the nut plate there. Then, we're just hand tightening these right now. Then, for our large bolt up here, flat washer, lock washer, and our nut. Then again, you're gonna repeat that same thing on the passenger side.Next, we're gonna take an 18 millimeter socket, you're gonna have a body mount here on the front. We need to remove that. We're gonna take a bracket that looks like this, passenger side and driver side are gonna look the same, again, but they're different. This plate on the side is gonna face the rear, so it's actually gonna sit just like that. Then, just reinstall the body mount bolt, and we're not gonna fully tighten it into place just yet. Next, you take your M12 bolt, lock washer, flat washer, and you're gonna do one for the front and one for the back. You'll notice the threaded slot in the end of the bar, that's where our bolts are gonna go. Now, we'll take our bar, we're gonna go on the outside of our brackets. Go ahead and loosely install.Next, I'm gonna tighten my factory body mount. We'll take an 11/16" short socket, we'll tighten this one here. 1/2", tighten this one. You just wanna make sure you don't over-tighten these. Then, we'll come to the back, tighten this one. Next, we'll take a 3/4" socket, we're gonna tighten our bolt going into our step. So it looks like my back's down just a little bit, so I'm gonna raise it and try to match it the same distance from the bottom of our rocker panel here to the top of the bar, it's where the front is, and then we'll tighten it down. That'll do it for a look at an installation on the Westin Signature Series nerf bars on our 2016 Ram 1500.