This thread discusses the Content article: Floorboard Extensions for the Road Star

Well, I just installed my floorboard extensions. I made a few changes from the article. I used the Hezbak basic layout, I don't think I am going to miss the 1/4" much, but who knows. I used 1/2" stainless steel because we had some 1 1/2" flatbar laying around in the shop. After laying out the holes, I was not real happy with how close the upper hole was to the top of the bracket. So we decided to drop them 1/4" all the way across. Once we drilled the holes, the brackets looked to be just HUGE thanks to the 1/4" drop not having the holes centered in the bracket. Maybe they would not have looked so big in 3/8" steel, but it just looked "gomby". So I decided to trim them and follow the hole pattern on both sides for a slight dog legged effect. Then I buffed/polished them out. Like a chromed part, the pictures don't do them justice and in most shots they look black, but they have a finish now that rivals any high quality chrome. On the top one you can see the inital punch marks for the previous hole location. Not a big deal since the bolt head covers them up. They also look wavy in this pic for some reason, they are not, they are perfectly straight.

Here is a picture before the final buff and polish.



Left and Right shots





A few things others planning to do this should know:

The comment that you can remove the rear brake line from the frame clips to create enough slack for the move is a stretch ... literally. I am not real happy how the brake line runs now. It is not near the frame, it is up along the bottom of the motor and along the large oil line. I don't like the bend where teh hose exits the banjo fitting tube. It isn't real bad, but I am not real please with it. It may motivate me to get a 3" longer SS brake line for the rear brake ... and of course while I am at that I may as well do the fronts. (Yep, that was a cheap mod dear, cost me nothing but $130 in brake lines ). If anyone has any tricks on the brake line, please post them.

Another note ... the cheap and soft as hell bolts that mount the floorboards may not want to come out. My left one was a bitch and I ended up cutting the heads off of them both. Not a problem because it forced me to get some high quality bolts that look a lot better than the stock ones would have. I am going to get a set of chrome bolts to replace these in the near future. So have a hrdware store near by or have a nice set of 10mm X 1.25 by 30mm bolts handy. And some lock tight.

Tomorrow I find out if I like the feel. I am expecting a new Mustang seat in a few days and did this mainly because I expect the seat to push me forward some (an ich or so I hear), and this should compensate and then some to overcome the slight cramped feeling I have now.