Further Information:
WAAG Side Tubes are made with 3” O.D., .090 gauge round tubing. The tubes come with black non-skid steps. All WAAG products have a durable five-stage satin-black powdercoat finish, which resists chipping and fading. The Side Tube brackets are also engineered so to utilize existing factory mounting locations and avoid cutting.
Cutting and drilling, in many cases, can void a vehicle manufacturer rust warranty, which is a major concern for consumers in areas with seasonal snow fall and salted roads. From a consumer/installer standpoint, “bolt on, no cutting and drilling” offers several advantages:
First, “bolt on” is almost always an easier installation and requires no guesswork on the part of the installer.
Second, no cutting and drilling requires no special tools or modification of the vehicle.
Finally, because WAAG utilizes factory mounting locations, our Side tubes consistently mount evenly on the vehicle with little or no adjustment.
The Wheel-to-Wheel side tubes are frame mounted to ensure rigidity from front to back. By frame mounting our side tubes, we are able to offer a rear support bracket near the end of the tube that provides support when accessing the truck bed or tool box. Because the truck cab and truck bed move independently on the truck frame, a body-mounted full length side tube — if mounted to the cab and bed — would likely fail (as our competitors have found out), resulting in creaking and potentially structural breakdowns in either the body pan or the side tube brackets.
