Just installed this kit on my new Rubicon. it is spendy, but is very well desined. It is a great option for those with small spouses. My wife loves it and now Has cleared the way for the lift kit. ?
Have had mine for a year and a half and have to agree. My wife is 5'2" and was not happy with the 4.5" lift and 35's until the steps were installed. They have excellent customer service too.
Great company and really nice product. I used to sell accessories and sold Amp products. They were just redesigning the motors when I left the business, I hope they got them more weather resistant. Here in the salt belt, after a few years of service the motor would crap out and then you would see vehicles running around town with one board up (functioning properly) and the other side would always be down.
I just bought my first jeep and plan to add a set to it, but I've had several lifted trucks with them and loved them all! Can't wait to add some to the jeep!!
Just bought a 2015 JKUR about two weeks ago and had the dealer lift it and add 35" tires. I also asked for the AMP steps to be installed to head off the spousal complaints. The Jeep was ready on Friday but the step couldn't be installed until Monday. Of course I wanted the Jeep for the weekend even without the steps. Watching and helping my wife into the lifted Jeep was hysterical, let alone the running jump I needed. Needless to say after the steps were installed she was far happier.........
When retracted they are well above the frame rails, I think they will be ok for my application. Only 6 bolts on each side and the rock rails can be pit bask on for any serious stuff I anticipate. ?
Here's a way of thinking about what a Jeep does when the doors are off.
Without an Amp power step, when you remove your doors you unplug the door wiring harness. By doing so the Jeep recognizes that the doors are off and it prevents the interior lights from staying on.
The power step are wired into the door wiring harness, when the door circuitry is trigger by the opening of a door it triggers the steps to open, with the door removed it retracts the step the same as the interior light going out because of door removal.
When you unplug the door, it disconnects the trigger signal for the steps as well. So with doors off, the steps stay in the retracted position. You could wire a switch to manually operate them with no doors.
I have similar steps from Amp as OEM on my Denali. I love them in the summer time, but I pull the fuse in the winter because ice and crap freezes their operation I've found.
This is where I'm at right now; first freeze today and there was a bunch of slush and crap that caused the system to freeze/bind and not retract all the way without assistance.
I did find a troubleshooting guide on their side that had some tips I might try to prevent.
Otherwise, my wife and I love these steps. We don't do any rock crawling or "heavy" wheeling, so they work fine 99% of the time.
I've heard stories of people opening them to hop out and spot for someone in a tight spot and the step pushed off of a boulder and rolled the jeep.
I know they have a safety mechanism when they go up to stop from crashing someone's foot but does the same safety mechanism work going down if it feels something preventing it?
At nearly $1,300 for a set, does anyone know if these AMP Research PowerSteps are made in the the USA?
And why does the version for the JK cost more than the one for the JKU? It's a smaller kit with less aluminum.
Edit: I just found the answer to the first question on their website.
The kit includes everything needed for installation, including vehicle specific mounting hardware, detailed instructions, wiring harnesses and an electronic control unit. The AMP Research PowerStep is made in the USA, and backed by a 5-year/60,000 mile warranty.
Anyone running rocker guards such as bushwhacker or rugged ridge, with Amp power steps? Or even stock Rubi rock sliders? Need something for a filler panel.
I have the Rock Slide steps and they are excellent. These are real sliders. I looked hard at the Amp steps and they are thin...I'd never take those out on a trail.
I installed a set of these on our JK 3 months ago. We're about to head into our first winter of ice and snow with them, so I'll soon see if that causes them to jam or anything. Thus far, my 5' tall wife thinks they're great.
Yeah, my wife is 5' 3" tall, so similar situation. I put a set on her F-250 as well; they're the perfect height.
I spent some time cleaning the ones on the Jeep last night and realigning...then dousing them in silicone spray. That should do the trick when I venture back out tomorrow.
Just wash them and get the mud off when done. There is a safety feature that comes into play. If they have too much weight or get too cold they will not go all the way up.
I did have another question, I have a 75th Anniversary and it has the rubi rails on it already. Just makes it look nice and clean. Is there anyway to still keep them on and use the powerstep? If not i've see a few pictures with at least some sort of cover on it?
Good question; the Amp Research boards us the holes in the pinch welds, as well as bolt holes underneath. I think you could probably put the rails back on when the boards are installed, but I'd recommend contacting either ElectricStep.com or Amp Research themselves. Their customer service is awesome, and they're fast to reply to emails.
Would be nicer if it worked with the unlock button on the key fob.... Could use them with the doors off then. Also wouldn't have to wait for the step after opening the door.
There was a guy on youtube that wired his to his dome lights. So when ever he used his remote they would deploy. Would be nice as long as you had some sort of override.
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