Running board removal?

[shelby69]

I searched forum & I am still unclear. Can simply unbolt my running boards? Is rocker painted? Any pics of Mountaineer without boards?
Thanks

 

[Just Startin]

what yr is it. My '95 Exp, I unbolted all the support brackets, took off the screw on each end of the running board in the wheel well, and then you pull them off and they pop out. However this will leave quite a few little holes on the side.

 

[shelby69]

It is a 97 Mountaineer

 

[Just Startin]

should be the same procedure then.... there are 2 bolts that hold the each support bracket to the board and 2 bolts that hold the bracket to the car. there are 4 bracket on each side of the car. It is simple to do. I completed mine in about 20 min. But like I said before there will be holes on the side of the car, but I think it looks alot better without the boards. I've heard of some people on here using plastic plug like peices to fill the holes and painting them, but I'm just gonna get mine filled when I get it painted this summer.