Well one I kicked off, the other one was lose I see. I
had prepped the plastic stock sills and bezeled out those ridges so the alum sills would lay flush. I then used superglue to glue it down and clamped it together. I had even bezeled the alum edges smooth so there were no edges to catch on my shoe etc. it looked great with no gaps after I was done, but now, 6 months later, they've come loose.

My next attempt, I may shorten/cut the alum sills to about 18" where the logo is, and try to cut/bezel an inset in the plastic sill to lay them in, no ridges at all. The plastic stock sills are not too much $ , but cutting the inset will be a challenge to make it look clean.

Can someone tell me what is better to use to glue it down? 3m? I had some 3m stuff I used once to rebadge the trunk and it didn't work at all.
thanks.

 

the 3M 2 sided tape is the best. just make sure both surfaces are clean and free of wax (use rubbing alcohol) before you apply it.

if that doesn't work i suggest throwing the sills in the garbage.

 

Thanks I'll try to get some. Is that the foam type stuff? I want it flush.

 

That'd be a real waste. My passenger side sill got kicked off last winter so i reapplied it using epoxy. Bonded to the plastic fairly well and so far so good.

We have West System Epoxy that we use on our rockets. Its a binary liquid meaning two parts need to be mixed together to from a bond. The Epoxy Resin and Hardener by themselves do nothing but once mixed it forms a solid bond. Works pretty damn well.

Can be bought fairly eaisly over the net.

 

<3 Epoxy. I'm sure the one you use Chap is industrial strength, but you can buy regular epoxy at almost any hardware store and boy does that stuff bond well.

 

rocket glue?

 

rocket glue for a rocket car!!!

 

no more than buying them in the first place...


don't listen to me though, 'cause i've never liked them.

 

I think they look good but i've got the black 03 interior with silver trim and added a real alum dash kit which matches, but I might cut the sills shorter to half the 4' length, they're too long and not trimmed out well.

 

Well at least you made your bias ways known.

 

2-part epoxy for metal and plastic. Get the quick setting kind.

 

 

Mine have been there for > 1 year.

 

One of mine got kicked off within 6 months of owning them. It bent the crap out of it so I just pulled the other one off and trashed 'em both. They cost me about $10/month for their use

 

Well, I got some double sided automotive tape $10, no good, doesn;'t stick well to the plastic. The super glue was a mistake. Lastly I may try the epoxy. then it's trash. I'd rather have lighted ones anyway.