I decided that the 17″ step up into the driver/passenger seats was a bit too high for us “under 5’5″ers”, so it was time to add some hoop steps to make ingress/egress easier.
Here’s what they look like:
The bottom edge of the Promaster is not parallel to the ground, it curves down toward the front… so, the brackets need to be a bit off from level in order for the steps to look level with the door opening.
The steps are mounted by attaching two brackets to the frame of the van, then bolting the steps to the brackets.
The brackets are attached to the van with rivnuts. A hole is drilled, then the rivnut is inserted and tightened into place. I made a simple tool to insert and tighten the rivnuts, and it worked well! The tool is a metal bar, a bolt, and two washers, tightened with a wrench. Bottom rivnuts are for 8mm bolts, the top are for 1/4-20 bolts
