I was looking on the Jeep accesories site and there are Polished Stainless Steel Side Rails (Part #82209297) I was wondering if these would work as rock rails or if they are purely for looks? I would rather have stainless and they look a little better too. So if they work as well then I would rather get these.

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2006 Jeep Liberty 65th Edition, 4x4, Auto
Mopar Borla Single Side Exhaust
Mopar Full Skids and Tow Hooks

1991 Pontiac Firebird, 305TBI w/ 5 spd manual, Black w/ T-Tops, Pretty much all stock

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Shawn

04 liberty Sport 3.7L with tow package
Rusty's 2.5 coil w/science guy mod and OME Long shocks
Rusty's engine/tranny & transfer case skids
245 75 R16 Timberline MTs
More in the plans
Lockers and rocker guards soon

"What we do in life echoes in eternity"

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There purely for looks,the oem rock rails are even flimsy but will last longer the step rails.

I second that. Purely for looks. They get bent easily. The rock rails that we use will stand up to punishment. You can get Boulder Bars, Skinks Sliders or the Carolina Rock Shop rails ... even roll your own.

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"Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare ... some would say it has yet to occur on Earth" --- Stephen Hawking

OEM Rock Rails found on older Reny's as stock, are okay for easy trails only. While I did do Moab hard trails with them in 2005 and didn't trash them, they did get a dent in them.

When you look at their cost to effectiveness, you might as well buy LOST memberships for a bunch of people on here.

OEM Step rails will get ripped off and are totally useless as protection. If you are not planning on off-roading and only want looks, get the OEM Rock Rails. If you have a wife and kids that struggle to get into the KJ and not planning on going off-road, get the step rails.

If you plan to hit the trails moderate level and up, get aftermarket rails.

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New KJ Gear - Desert Armor Flak

2004 Renegade Light Khaki - 4" JBA Lift - Rock Lizard Products: Komodo Dragon Rear Bumper, Prototype Winch-mount Front Bumper, Super Skink Sliders - All J's Super Tranny Skid II - 31" Firestone Destination AT's on Moab wheels - Cobra 75W CB w/ stock Antenna mod

[b]Retired, US Military

For the price of the OEM rock rails or tubes - you can just as easily pick up a set of aftermarket rock rails that are 10x stronger and look better for the same price (or less if you find them used like I did)

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02 Liberty Limited
Silver Outside & Taupe Inside
Heated Seats, Sunroof & Infinity speakers
USA Spec I-Pod adaptor, Mopar Sub, Garmin GPS
Tow Package, Select-Trac
Rock Rails, Tow Hooks

Uh huh...a great option!

Many DIY'ers with the Rock Rails....and many different neat designs. Jeepjeepster just got a set done himself....really nice!

It'll take some time and effort but it will all pay off when you're done and can look at the finished product that you built yourself and saved a hundred dollars or so.

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02' Frankenlifted White Sport on 31" TrXus M/Ts

89' 2 Dr. Khaki XJ- Waggy 44's, 4.88s, 35's, 3-link on 5.5" coils.