Ml350 running boards anything positive ?
02-05-2014, 11:19 AM
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The width of the boards are the key. They are just wide enough to make it difficult to get in and out but too narrow to use as a step (except for children). They are also too narrow to use to stand on for washing the roof. Maybe BMW's running boards are wider but with the ML they are pretty much useless. One thing they are good for, however, is that they prevent road tar and grime from hitting the lower panels.
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02-06-2014, 08:45 AM
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The width of the boards are the key. They are just wide enough to make it difficult to get in and out but too narrow to use as a step (except for children). They are also too narrow to use to stand on for washing the roof. Maybe BMW's running boards are wider but with the ML they are pretty much useless. One thing they are good for, however, is that they prevent road tar and grime from hitting the lower panels.
02-08-2014, 07:32 PM
#30
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Nobody else will ever want/need them for the reason I do, but here goes: I haul cars for a living using an enclosed trailer (like a moving van). When an ML is in the trailer it is too wide to get out using the doors, so standard practice is to go out the driver window. When you're getting out of the window having the running boards makes it much easier to step on vs. stepping down all the way to the trailer floor. See, I told you nobody else would think of this 
02-09-2014, 01:01 AM
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Nobody else will ever want/need them for the reason I do, but here goes: I haul cars for a living using an enclosed trailer (like a moving van). When an ML is in the trailer it is too wide to get out using the doors, so standard practice is to go out the driver window.
