PowerStep XL 1.5" Additional Drop - 20-23 Jeep JT Gladiator - All (77135-01A)

My wife is short and it's difficult for her to hop into the Jeep, so I came upon these side steps as a solution for her. I wouldn't recommend them to take out and get beat up on boulders. They are heavy duty metal, not plastic and would take a good deal of beating but they're too expensive to destroy on a boulder. If you're going out to do that then put back on the factory rock rail.The steps are all metal except for the plastic end covers. The installation is long and complex. One thing that wasn't clear to me is where to splice into the factory wiring. You do that on the passenger side. The only thing I wasn't happy about is you run two wires up through the drain hole in the floorboard of the Jeep on the passenger side. I may get some wire and reroute those later, but for now they're installed as instructed. The wire for the led lights were too short on the driver side and I had to extend them. I found the crimp connectors were difficult to get to connect for me, the wires kept pulling out so I redid those connectors.The steps look great and operate smoothly. You can hear them and feel them extend and retract. I get lots of complements on them. They are expensive but high quality. They look as good and operate as good as the factory steps on our Expedition. A very nice upgrade to the Gladiator.

The steps are high quality and engineering is above expectations. Don't think these are easy to install because they are not. Once your done they look and function well but your going to endure more stress than you should have.The problem IMO is the very simplistic drawings in the instructions that leads to orientation problems and installing and deinstalling to correct items installed in the wrong location. This could have been avoided if their was better part labeling and clearer drawings.If you are not one that can get into very tight places and make out very very unclear wiring directions the wiring phase is going to drive you insane. Let me start by saying the harness on the driver side rear had to be lengthened to allow for running the wires in a manner as to protect them from damage and heat.I honestly think that you should leave this one to a competent installer that does this repeatedly. In the end your going to be happier with your purchase.A word to Amp, lengthen the harness, after spending 2k the consumer should not have to go through this stress. Also provide a user install video, this would be most beneficial.As a final word I suggest you DO NOT install the steps until the very last step. The motors are self limiting but upon initial power up could bind up. This step will save you so much wasted time.My Jeep dealer offered to install for around 385 dollars, that would have been a small amount to avoid the stress of dealing with the poor labeling and unclear instructions.

Mounted it up and now when you open the door the running board opens and when you close the door it folds away. So cool and makes it easier to get in and out.