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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / 4x4 Cars (UK group) / February 2008NISSAN X-TRAIL RUNNING BOARDS
Hi, I have a pair of running boards for my Nissan x-trail, but don't have a fixing kit for them. Has anyone any suggestions as to where i might get a kit, or failing that has anyone got a set they could 'draw' for me so that I could get them made. As you can see i'm getting desperate! Any help welcomed! DW Desperate huh? So, fitting running boards to a Nissan mini 4WD is likely to be a significant life-changing event? Have you considered putting that peel-off window tinting plastic stuff on your windows? I found my street cred increased enormously when I did this to my Ford Explorer!! Good luck in your Quest Trefor As you can see i'm > getting desperate! > Any help welcomed! > > DW Sorry, I forgot the .... ;-) Trefor > Desperate huh? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> DW > Sorry, I forgot the .... ;-) > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I need the running boards for my mum. I look after her, she's 78 in April. She has a bone disease which means that both hips and knees have had to be replaced. She can't get up into the x-trail without a step. At the moment I have to try and lift her. The x trail was the only 4x4 with a boot big enough for the wheel chair. I can't manage as things are much longer. That's why I'm getting desperate. Denise Denise I'm not familiar with the X-trail running boards, but the ones I have on my Ford Explorer are near useless for helping disabled people. My wife has had hip and knee replacements and found the running boards too high and too narrow. What I did was carry a low step, the type used for caravans. Then, all she had to do was step up on it, shuffle round so her bum was facing the seat, and lower herself onto the seat, then swing her legs in. HTH Trefor I need the running boards for my mum. I look after her, she's 78 in April. She has a bone disease which means that both hips and knees have had to be replaced. She can't get up into the x-trail without a step. At the moment I have to try and lift her. The x trail was the only 4x4 with a boot big enough for the wheel chair. I can't manage as things are much longer. That's why I'm getting desperate. Denise > Denise > I'm not familiar with the X-trail running boards, but the ones I have on [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > things are much longer. That's why I'm getting desperate. > Denise Yes my mum does this too so my gran get get in my mum's Jimny or my stepdad's Exploder.. Cheers Mike Denise, There are also some folding lightweight steps that could be used for this and maybe other things as well. http://www.a1leisuredirect.co.uk/plastic-folding-step-490-p.asp http://www.bath.ac.uk/bime/products/rg_products.htm#2 Would a Landrover Defender style folding step fit, or could it be made to fit? They are lower than most running boards and deeper too. http://www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk/BeamEnds/Accessories/SideSteps/index.html http://www.brookwell.co.uk/acatalog/STC7631.php http://www.famousfour.co.uk/towing/exterior.php You might also try REMAP. They are a charity that make one-off adaptations free of charge for disabled people. They have local panels of competent engineers all across the country. http://www.remap.org.uk/ let us know how you get on. Tim Adlam Design and Development Engineer Bath Institute of Medical Engineering www.bime.org.uk >> HTH >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Mike ***************************************************** Tim Adlam MSc CSci MIPEM CEng MIMechE Design and Development Engineer Bath Institute of Medical Engineering Wolfson Centre Royal United Hospital Bath. BA1 3NG T: 01225 824 107 F: 01225 824 111 E: t.d.adlam@NOSPAMEVERbath.ac.uk W: www.bime.org.uk ***************************************************** > Denise, > [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Many thanks for all the positive suggestions. I'll let you know how I get on, thanks again, Denise |
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