APG® - 6" H Series Running Boards

These boards look great but pretty positive they will rust out and fall apart rather quickly. Someone hit my truck and ruined one of my running boards which look almost identical to these so I bought these as I couldn’t find my originals. So I removed the old running boards and went to install these and they felt light as a feather, so I picked up an old one and one of these new boards and these are literally 1/3rd the weight just cheap stamped junk and after shipping these were 300 my originals 250 and I guarantee these could’nt cost 50 bucks to make they’re that cheap!

The running boards were well packaged and came with an abundance of hardware in individual baggies to cover multiple methods of installation. Unfortunately, none of the baggies are labeled so you have to parse through it all and compare it to the parts list to identify what you need for your installation. While everything I needed was included some of the bolts were much longer than necessary and the main bolts provided for attachment to the truck came in 2 lengths neither of which where called for in the instructions. It all worked out but allow time to organize what you need before you start the install. The boards are nice a solid but I give it 3 stars due to the fitment. I have a 2020 Ram 2500 crew cab and while they fit without drilling, there is no adjustment forward or back because the front and rear taper on the boards butt up against the front and rear brackets. But what is worse is that they do not sit at an even height along the body. The front sits about 3/4" down from the body where the rear sits at a tight 1/4". The rear height looks much better as it hides the weld seam on the rocker panel. I like the width and how the black and chrome on the boards go with the black and chrome on the mirrors, and it certainly makes it easier to get in and out of the truck. However, I don't know that I would recommend them until APS can change the design of the brackets to allow for some adjustment forward and back and to even out the height.

I have no idea why these boards are listed as APG product when it is actually an APS iboard and there is no rubber step pad as advertised, but boards look like the picture, they're not made in the USA and I found the 50 dollars shipping charge from TRUCKiD to be outrageous. Considering it took six days to arrive. With that being said the boards arrived in excellent condition and proved to be a very simple install I was concerned about the fitment of the boards being too far away or hanging to low from the rocker panel but to my surprise they fit nice and close to the rocker panel for a appealing clean look. The boards can be slid out word so you have more of a foot pad or can be slid in word. So you cannot see the mounting brackets very much at all and still have enough board to assist yourself in and out of the truck, I have a 2020 Ram 1500 quad cab granite crystal paint with black grill and bumpers Black door handles and black wheels, but all the badges like the 1500 Hemi on the hood the RAM logo on the grill and door bottoms and the Ram head on tail gate are all chrome looking so the polished aluminum on the side of the running boards gives it just a splash of chrome look to match and with the black painted tops. They look awesome, I found the boards to be sturdy and functional with proper maintenance should last awhile and save you a couple hundred bucks from the higher priced competitors.