Looking for ideas for running board grip

[uscarry45]

2018 super duty with factory plastic running boards. Very slick in morning after a frost. I would like to add some additional traction to them. I was thinking of hex head screws to add some bite or some type of extruded aluminum c channel with notches cut in sides. I have thought about grip tape but I think ice will cover it. Need something more 3D

 

[jack stand]

I have thought about grip tape but I think ice will cover it. Need something more 3D

A new garage is very 3D!

 

[sparkness]

A new garage is very 3D!

do a search for non slip extrusion

 

[mike93lx]

Since spending other people's money is so easy, have you looked at aftermarket options? Tons out there, some with really aggressive grip patterns

 

[kbs2244]

when we had motorcycle ice races around here the standard tire was an off road knobby with hex head sheet metal screws in the knobs
it seemed to work

 

[jack stand]

I forgot what application I was concerned with but I remember considering screwing beer bottle caps upside down for foot traction.

 

[bdbecker]

I forgot what application I was concerned with but I remember considering screwing beer bottle caps upside down for foot traction.

That would certainly do the trick, but they'll rust very quickly if installed on a vehicle in the rust belt.

 

[no704]

Expanded aluminum sheets.

 

[Cap'n Coldeye]

GripAll

polarenvironmental.com

We have used these products up north. They do the job.

 

[uscarry45]

A new garage is very 3D!

Excellent garage journal answer!

 

[uscarry45]

GripAll

polarenvironmental.com

We have used these products up north. They do the job.

Do you think they would stick to plastic? looks like a great idea I am always nervous about adhesive vs mechanical fasteners

 

[uscarry45]

I forgot what application I was concerned with but I remember considering screwing beer bottle caps upside down for foot traction.

The bottle caps ridges is what I was envisioning except in a straight bar or even c channel does something like this exist. Like an asphalt lute design in miniature? Or the bar on feeder house chain in combine?

 

[uscarry45]

great Ideas thanks for them - really I appreciate it. I would ideally like a piece of c channel that is 3/16 to 1/4 tall maybe 3/4 to 1-1/2” wide that is serrated in stainless or aluminum that I could bolt to my existing running boards outer edge. Does something like this exist?

this is rough idea from - I don’t need 500

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[Ole Slewfoot]

Glue on aluminum diamond plate tread area?

 

[steel 35]

Traction paint

 

[uscarry45]

The existing running boards are plastic so I am concerned about anything being glued lasting very long

 

[uscarry45]

Keep the ideas coming I appreciate it

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Use the vhb tape they use to attach plastic trim.

 

[dffay]

Spray on bed liner. Thick, like it really is a truck bed.