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Mine doesn't have any plastic body plugs that I can remember. Hopefully someone else will chime in. I'm not sure how thick the rocker panel is, but like I said before, I would be afraid of burning through if I tried to weld the brackets on.

Thanks Jsn. It's hard to tell what the welds look like in those pics. It almost seems like the brackets are spot welded to the rocker.

Thanks for your help so far. I think I'm going to find a Tahoe with running boards just to take a look at the brackets. Then I'll know if I can do it or not. If anyone has a '94-'99 Tahoe, feel free to post a couple pics of the running board brackets.

I thought about doing this. I'm not completely ruling it out yet.

Thank you for all of the info Jsn! I agree that the OEM ones look better. How did you know exactly where to weld the brackets? I would assume that you would need to somehow hold the running board in place while you mark the locations for the brackets. I can weld, but I'm not sure if I'm good...

Thanks for the reply. I have a 4 door. Like I said in the other thread, I have the 5 L-Brackets that are attached to the running board. But I have nothing welded to the truck like you are describing. I think I understand what you are saying, but pics would be great. It looks like I will have...

Did you ever get them removed? I'm having trouble putting OEM running boards on. See this thread: http://www.tahoeforum.com/showthread.php?t=3916 Any help is greatly appreciated!

My mom has a 1997 Tahoe that does not have side steps. She wants them because the truck is too high for her. So I bought a pair of OEM 94-99 running boards on craigslist thinking they would bolt right up. I was wrong. The running boards have the L-bracket attached to them and came with the...