Reviews for Smittybilt SRC Side Armor Step for 07-18 Jeep Wrangler JK

Easy to install and they look great. Did it by myself in under 90 minutes. It took longer to remove the factory rails than to install the new steps. Berry happy with purchase

just bought these and the look is spectacular. however the passenger side rail didn't line up. the front bracket was bent almost a 1/2" off. had to bend it back to get the bolts to correctly line up. slightly disappointing but now that they are on I'm happy with the purchase.

These steps take off a bit over two inches of clearance compared to Rubi sliders, but you can't step on the Rubi sliders so they probably shouldn't be compared side by side. I have bent both of mine after about five days of wheeling. They still work fine, though.

I hate to give these a 4 because they have served me well a dozen times offroad. They take a BEATING. I frequently use these to rotate around boulders, slide up over them and have even cut into sides of muddy ravines. They HOLD UP! What I don't like is the installation hardware clearances on some of the bolts made it really difficult to tighten as I could not use conventional tools on one particular bolt due to clearance issues. The other problem is that they get pushed up against the pinch seam in the rear. Grit collects and grinds against the paint. I'm constantly rinsing out, jumping on them and spraying rust converter paint in the gap.

WHen the right product was shipped the product was great

They’re ok... hang a little low so it causes me to hang up on rocks. Very easy install though. Maybe 15minutes.

I’ve had two sets of these. The first set was on a 2012 JK and they were great if every way you could hope. Then I sold that Jeep and got a 2017 JKU and bought these again for the new Jeep. They were still great, for about a year. Now they are rusting like crazy on the end caps and I’m probably going to have to replace them.
My Jeep is about a 50/50 garage queen and has maybe seen 2 days of salty roads.
I really like the style of these but I’ve extremely disappointed with the durability.

I would like to point out that my package did arrive on time. After openning the package and looking at the directions. The directions for what was the drivers side and passengers side was backwards. So I called customer service number that came with the directions. Customer service was kind and trying to understand to help out. Then I realized that one of the mounts was bent. They asked me to send pictures. I figured out the product was bent prior to the protective coating being applied. It was still boxed and shipped with this defect. So please inspect your this product after openning the package. If so please take it to a wielder to be fixed. The money is gonna be worth the wait and hastle of trying to return this product. Other than this long drawn out rant. This product would have 10 stars out of 5. It took me 1/10th of the time to put this product on, then take the old ones off.

Either the parts that arrived are defective or the installation is significantly harder than proclaimed. Simply put, the bolts don't align well enough to attach the nuts. Very disappointed. I am hoping that this is user error, but I need to go to a shop to confirm. I am hoping that a pro can solve the challenge. They look nice!

Do not get this garbage side rail! (if you want clearance)