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So my rocker panels developed a few
''waves'' here and there, so I figured some of the clips that hold
them on may have come loose and I was partially right. Some of the
clips had come loose, but they also have some goop in the top groove
that helps hold them tight to the body up top. So I took them off,
replaced the clips and also put some new 3M double sided tape on top
of the goop. Had I known they had goop I would have got some but I
didn't, now I do and all of you will!
So I took the door sill covers off to make them stop waving at me.
Simple stuff really, but I figured some of you would like to see what
it looks like, how many clips are there and so on, so here's some info
for you. If you plan on doing this make sure you buy new clips you
will be able to salvage some but my goal was to replace them all. Also
you may want to buy a few of these expanding rivets because sure as
shit a few of the heads will crack from age.
Parts:
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51 71 8 259 025 - There are 11 on each side.
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51 71 8 259 788 - Buy a few, they will crack from age.
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51 71 7 037 660 - There are supposed to be 2 of these on each
side, furthest front and furthest rear, but my dealer said they are
no longer available so I just used the plastic clips and they have
held up great for 2+ years.
Tools:
- Needle nose pliers
- 10mm socket
- Ratchet
- Puller Tool or flathead
screwdriver
Enjoy, and remember ALWAYS work safe and I assume NO
RESPONSIBILITY for your actions, mechanical abilities or
anything that may occur during the nature of the repairs.
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Basically to get started you want
to remove the screws that hold the rocker panels on underneath
the car. There should be 3 on each side and they have a
10mm hex head, basically 2 in the front near the wheel well and
1 in the rear near the wheel well. Then there are 8
expanding rivets along the bottom.
Here's a pic of the screws you're
looking for: |
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Here's a pic of the expanding
rivets: |
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Once these are all removed you
should be able to slide the rocker panels up or down and remove
them. Here's the drivers side off, pretty filthy huh, well
not by the time I finish:
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Passenger side off, can you tell
where one of the ''waves'' were? Yep the clip had broke
and wasn't holding the rocker panel anymore:
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And another shot of the passenger
side prior to removing all of the clips: |
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This is why I say slide up or down
to remove. As you can see in this pic these clips slide
into a groove on the back side of the rocker panel.
To remove the door sill covers
basically remove the 8 push pin style fasteners and the 3 10mm
screws, then SLOWLY pull the door sill covers off. They are
connected buy hook type clips and when you pull the door sill
covers off, some will stay with the car and some will come with
the cover. The one's that stay with the car, remove however
you'd like, but be careful with sharp objects. I chose to use my
$20 plastic puller tool I bought from Bav Auto: |
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Here a close up after the clips is
removed. |
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Once they are off I cleaned the
door sill covers and the door sills [rocker panels as I like to
call them] and applied a coat of wax. Nice and 'perty, I've
noted one of the holes, there are 11 total:
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Here's a pic on the door sill
cover on the floor:
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Here's 4 of the 11 clips
installed: |
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Here's a close up of how they
slide in. These clips come as one piece and the white you see
''snaps'' into the holes on the door sill [rocker panel]: |
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Here's a pic of the goop, similar
to what's holds the sound proofing stuff on the door. Looks very
similar to roof tar, but thicker in consistency:
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And here you have it, no more
waves!:
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