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How the Truck Nerf Bar was Born

Are you up for a little Nerf Bar Trivia?

Some wonder why such a rigid shiny tube on the side of a truck is called a nerf bar. Sometimes people refer to them side steps or chrome tubes because they cant grasp the concept of Nerf Bar as being a hard shiny stainless steel object. Nerf material, like the material used to make soft footballs, baseballs & frisbees you may have thrown around as a kid, doesnt really relate to some hard chrome tube you would use to step on to help you step into your truck.

So here it is. The nerf bar was a tubular device that was originally intended to be fitted to the side of a race car, often single seaters like a midget race car that competes on a race track. Nerf is also a racing term that refers to a small bump (rub) between two vehicles. When one driver bumps the other car in order to pass it, they call it nerfing. Nerf bars protect the sides of both vehicles and keeps their tires from rubbing together. Without them, the fast spinning tires can come in contact with each other causing the cars to lose control, or flip over. Sometimes having nerf bars on your truck is a good way to help protect your wheels and body kits, however if you rub your stainless steel nerf bar up against a concrete barrier, you can expect to need to replace it. Ill have to say sometimes I wish I had the old style nerf bars, because Id occasionally like to bump into a few people myself on the freeway, but I guess that wouldn't be too nice.

Custom Auto Trim offers many different styles of stainless steel nerf bars for trucks and SUVs and can be found at the website. Some of the nerf bars are regular CAB length, which means that the nerf bar only fits under the main cab area of the truck and usually accomodates each door opening with its own step pad. Another version is a Wheel To Wheel nerf bar which would extend over and into the bed area of a truck so the owner can step up and access the contents of the truck bed more easily. A lot of truck owners use tool boxes or store items in the bed of their truck and need to access this area more frequently. Wheel to Wheel Nerf Bars help with this extra step, and help access the truck bed without the use of a ladder.

Mike Briglia

Mike Briglia is the owner of Custom Auto Trim, an auto accessories company based out of San Diego CA. Find more information on nerf bars or body kits at http://www.customautotrim.com/

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