ARIES Running Boards and Side Bars: The Line-Up and Its Published Cab Guide

Who is behind ARIES

ARIES calls itself a Lippert brand and a marketer of truck, Jeep, SUV and CUV accessories, with custom-fit grille guards, bull bars, side bars and running boards. Its warranty names the warrantor as Lippert Components, Inc. d/b/a Aries, in Elkhart, Indiana. The About page gives no founding date, and we don't repeat the one from a data-broker profile.

What matters to you is the paper. ARIES publishes application guides by make, model, cab and year, with one part number per row. That lets you check a part before anybody takes your money.

The cab guide

The page most people land on is ARIES's truck cab guide. It says regular means two front-hinging doors, extended means smaller rear doors or seat-forward access, and crew typically means four full-size doors. ARIES says the table is only meant to aid understanding, and that matters, since the same word changes by truck. It files Silverado and Sierra Double and Tundra Double under extended, and Tacoma Double under crew.

The guides then sort parts under those general names and not always the truck maker's. ARIES titles part 3047952 "Select Toyota Tundra Extended Cab". If your window sticker says Double Cab, translate with the cab guide, then confirm with ARIES. Truck cab types goes further.

The line-up, from ARIES's own pages

Read November 2, 2026. Each row is the part or line page we read. We print no load figure for a line whose page states none, and that says nothing about what the part can hold.

ARIES also lists AeroTread 5-inch boards, 4-inch Oval and 3-inch Round side bars. Its guides show those lines and part numbers, and we read no spec page for them, so we leave them out of the table.

Load and limits, in ARIES's words

The ActionTrac pages say "Rated for 650 lbs. static weight capacity (limited to mounting structure)". The same pages add "These boards are not a substitute for rocker bars". So this is a step, and ARIES doesn't sell it as armor. If you want rocker protection, read rock sliders.

ARIES says the ActionTrac lower step drops 8 inches when the door opens and sits up to 15 inches below the doorsill, and that it runs off the truck's battery with no splicing into factory wiring. Those are maker statements about that line. No one here has fitted one, and power running boards compares it with what else is out there.

Two things to read closely:

• Drilling. The category page says all steps are a no-drill fit. The ActionTrac learn-more page says "some Ram models require drilling". Trust the sheet for your part number.
• "Rust-free". The AdvantEDGE page uses those words, and the warranty excludes damage from corrosion and rust formation. Read that as a marketing word next to a legal one. We found no corrosion measurements, and do running boards rust? covers why we say so.

VersaTrac: why the part numbers split

Many ARIES boards are sold two ways: as a kit, or as boards with brackets apart. The VersaTrac guide gives each truck a bracket number, and the same bracket takes AdvantEDGE, RidgeStep, NovaTrac, AscentStep or SlimGrip boards. It keeps the Ram split clear: 1500 Crew Cab 19-27 uses bracket 2055117, and 1500 Classic Crew Cab 19-24 uses 2055111. That agrees with what listings say about the Classic and the new body. Bracket numbers by truck are on running board brackets.

Strengths and weak spots

Consider ARIES if you want a maker's fit guide and may want to swap boards later. Look elsewhere if you want a part you can order from an Amazon listing that names your truck.

Warranty

ARIES's limited warranty covers the original retail purchaser and the original installation, and isn't transferable. It speaks of product sold by ARIES and installed in the United States, so ask your dealer how that applies. It excludes installation, impact damage and road hazards, normal wear and corrosion. Your truck's own warranty is a separate question: see do running boards void your warranty?.

Alternatives

Westin publishes fit lists by part number as well. Tyger sells on Amazon with sheets you can read, and nerf bars vs running boards sorts the shapes. For parts by truck, go to all trucks. Our sourcing rules are on how we verify fitment. Check your exact year and cab on the listing before you buy.