APG® IA10SAA5B - 2" Square Tube Black Side Armors

My only complaint with these, something I hadn't thought about, is how they would handle in the snow. The open tubework frame seems to collect ice and snow - they are literally a solid block of ice once it freezes. After 6 months, still sturdy though and no rust (they are aluminum, but you never know these days - my stainless steel screws from home depot always seem to rust).

Directions followed to the T. They do fit the 2021 Gladiator, but are more of an off-the-shelf type product. Nice look though. Some obvious differences in the design from the pictures in the listing.

TRUCKiD has a video posted of how these fit another brand of truck. For the 2021 Jeep Gladiator, you must know The Positive - These look pretty mean. Very attractive. - Easy to install. Decent Directions. Took about 45 minutes for the first side and 25 minutes for the second side. Give yourself 2 hours if you are not handy. - Lightweight and strong feeling - Nice welds The Drawbacks - These mount below the pinch weld with the entire pinch weld still visible, as well as the mounting holes. - These utilize 3 out of the 4 mounting points, and for the third mounting point, they use a different bracket that only utilizes one of the two holes for this mounting point. Visually, it looks like a bolt is missing once mounted. - You have to tighten washers against the paint on the pinch weld. Not sure how this will wear. - The running boards are approximately 2 inches short of covering the entire length of the side of the vehicle in my opinion. They are adjustable though, so you can decide if you want to split the difference, or have the shortage towards the front or back of the vehicle... just the actual step pads don't really align with both doors well. - Lightweight - only 23 pounds each, so they are not going to take a beating well offroad. They do feel strong though. - Ends have plastic caps that are very loose, these will fall off eventually, which in the video appeared to be welded end caps. - I was shorted two washers and one bolt. Home Depot carries the right size, but they do not carry ones with the same head. You will also need black paint then. Make sure to get stainless and not zinc if you get shorted bolts/washers. - These do not follow the curve of the body. They provide several spacers, but due to the curve of the body, these stick out about 1 inch at the back if you do not use the spacers. Would I do these again? Yes.

The instructions could be a little confusing if you actually read, but you can not install these incorrectly. I was able to install both from unpackaging to complete in about 40 minutes by myself. Would.have been faster if I used my impact wrench. The brackets fit perfectly on the factory studs and there is plenty of adjustement on the platform.

Easy to install, feels really solid when standing on. Bounced a little on it and it didn't move even 230lbs didn't move it. Hoping it protects from people door dinging the truck.

Put these on my Ram Rebel. They look great and they hold up well on job sites that aren't graded so well. Haven't bent or dented. Definitely would buy again.

First of all kind of a pain to install but pretty straightforward. But mostly it changes the look of my truck. They function great too. Would definitely do this again

Looks good in my truck EZ to install and good Quality Thank you You guys are the BEST

The steps themselves and mounting brackets were sturdy and well made. However, the hardware that was included was terrible quality. 6 out of the 12 bolts that mount the brackets to the body of the truck sheared off halfway in with less that 7ft lbs of torque. 2 of the bolts bent during removal as I could not proceed in mounting. If the bolts were better quality, the job would have taken 20-30 mins of work. Now that the supplied bolts have to be drilled out and retap the holes it has turned into hours of work and more money spent on better bolts. That being said, if you purchase these steps. Run down to the hardware store and spend some extra money to get better quality bolts so you don't run into this problem

Came on schedule, easy to install and are sturdy. Would buy again.