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Re: Fitting genuine side skirts, how are they fixed?
[Re: Dax]
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23/05/2012 18:05
23/05/2012 18:05
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Nobby
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My old zender skirts had 2 little brackets that attached to the sill, almost clipped onto the vertical thin piece of the sill edge.
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Re: Fitting genuine side skirts, how are they fixed?
[Re: Dax]
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23/05/2012 18:05
23/05/2012 18:05
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cheech
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What skirts do you have Plus or LE? LE are bonded along top of sill and captive nuts on underside. Plus use plastic panel clips along where the LE ones are bonded which go into little holes, and also have captive nuts. You could drill the holes but the spacing would have to be spot on and would need to get mesurements off a Plus. Which may also lead to water/moisture getting in the sill box section but they do have drainage holes anyway. As for the captive nut , you could weld some on or i heard a tube welded and threaded will do same job. If you are unsure which you have post a pic of inside of skirt and i can tell you from that. Dont have a pic of the uderside captive nuts.
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Re: Fitting genuine side skirts, how are they fixed?
[Re: Dax]
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23/05/2012 18:17
23/05/2012 18:17
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As Cheech says, if they are LE they also need to be screwed under the car. May be the same with Zender (Im not sure). Some of my mounts were rusty so we removed them and i had my Dads body shop make up some new ones.
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Re: Fitting genuine side skirts, how are they fixed?
[Re: MarioCirillo]
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24/05/2012 12:09
24/05/2012 12:09
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As Cheech says, if they are LE they also need to be screwed under the car. May be the same with Zender (Im not sure). Some of my mounts were rusty so we removed them and i had my Dads body shop make up some new ones. This is just the type of picture I need, but are they all the same? Could you give me a measurement of the height, so I can make some up? Regards Chris
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Re: Fitting genuine side skirts, how are they fixed?
[Re: Dax]
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24/05/2012 12:15
24/05/2012 12:15
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Duffy
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The factory weld theraded studding straight onto the sill (Reinforced with a nut), they are different lengths for each hole, I welded stainless studding back into the place where the factory had them and then ran a 13mm nut up over a large repair washer (Again copying exactly what the factory had done) until the skirts were sitting in their correct position. I then cut off the excess leaving a spot on position for the skirt that looks completly factory.
The way that Dax has done it is nice but is obviously different from what was there before (Albeit arguably stronger)
If you look at my rebuild thread there are some pictures of the skirts there
Last edited by Duffy; 24/05/2012 12:16.
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Re: Fitting genuine side skirts, how are they fixed?
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24/05/2012 14:08
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The factory weld theraded studding straight onto the sill (Reinforced with a nut), they are different lengths for each hole, I welded stainless studding back into the place where the factory had them and then ran a 13mm nut up over a large repair washer (Again copying exactly what the factory had done) until the skirts were sitting in their correct position. I then cut off the excess leaving a spot on position for the skirt that looks completly factory.
The way that Dax has done it is nice but is obviously different from what was there before (Albeit arguably stronger)
If you look at my rebuild thread there are some pictures of the skirts there Your picture is the one I looked at in the first instance, and what I quoted in my first post. I did not know if this was the standard way of fixing these side skirts, obviously from what you have said, its yes. It makes its so much easier doing it this way, as you say, you can adjust the positioning to suite. I will however, drill holes to the underside of the sill to accept a captive nut, so I can screw the threaded bar in, rather than welding it (I can't weld).
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Re: Fitting genuine side skirts, how are they fixed?
[Re: Dax]
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24/05/2012 18:21
24/05/2012 18:21
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Duffy
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Yes this is the standard way of doing it.
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Re: Fitting genuine side skirts, how are they fixed?
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24/05/2012 20:51
24/05/2012 20:51
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Duffy
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This is the best photograph I've got of stuff in place now. This is what came off
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Re: Fitting genuine side skirts, how are they fixed?
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25/05/2012 11:46
25/05/2012 11:46
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