Ford F-150 Truck Bed Steps

My F150 truck came without the origin tailgate step from the company. Getting on and off the bed became arduous. I decided to buy the bumper step. Find here pros and cons of this step. Fitting was great. The step fits perfectly under the bumper, retracts spring-powered and it easy to extend. The whole principle is great. But, the quality of the surface coating of the step was poor. Fitting of the step pad was poor as well. Had to trim it a bit. Was too much plastic under it. This prevented from snapping into the gap of the lower arm. The step came with all required screws. But, two of them were made of cheap metal. I used a professional nut but the head of these screws, holding the arm to the base structure were so weak I twisted all corners. Threw them away and replaced them by high quality screws. The threads of the base structure were not covered during coating. This required to recut the threads. No worries if you have metric threat cutter. Recommendation: tighten both screws of the arm before installing the step to your bumper. This is much easier. To be prepared for the water and the salt of the road: the step gets an additional layer of coating. Summarize: great step, but for $240 bucks I expected a much better quality without any rework.