Door sills
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you mean the actual door sills or the aftermarket sills that you put on with the 3M tape?
if the whole OEM piece itself, make sure it snaps in right, it should never just pop off, the snaps are pretty tight.
and if you are talking about the aftermarket 3M sills, mine never fell off, so I dont know, try to clean up area, maybe even use a little sand paper to make the area less glossy, then use 3M tape on the sill again, and apply good pressure.
if the whole OEM piece itself, make sure it snaps in right, it should never just pop off, the snaps are pretty tight.
and if you are talking about the aftermarket 3M sills, mine never fell off, so I dont know, try to clean up area, maybe even use a little sand paper to make the area less glossy, then use 3M tape on the sill again, and apply good pressure.
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Originally Posted by TeknoKing
maybe even use a little sand paper to make the area less glossy.....
If the adhesive does not bond, clean both surfaces with alcohol to remove any oil and residue then put on some new 2-sided 3M adhesive tape. That should do the trick.
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No, Im NOT kidding, the original sills have bumps on them, those bumps do not give you enough bonding area. He doesnt have to follow my advice. As you said, as long as it is clean, mine are bonded very nicely.
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the whole oem piece can pop off pretty easily. but ud have to get ur shoe stuck under it and jus rip it up like my bro did. snapped it back in place and its normal. my sills from the group buy have stuck pretty damn well since putting them on in summer.
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Mine came off after like 8 months (the front ones). Most likely I didnt clean it well enough, but o well. The back sills are stuck pretty good though. Probably just going to buy new ones and attach by sanding the door sill down and then instead of using the tape, use some spray adhesive.
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My sills have got some visible bends in it when looked at from an angle (light reflections)...
My opinion is that it is because they started shipping the sills with 3m tape only on portions of the sill, not the whole sill... That creates gaps that are suseptable to damage... In my pre-kid days, these sills would still look flat and undamaged...but with the kids climbing into the car, they occasionally step on the sills...
I will probably yank mine, try and straighten them out, and then put double stick tape across the whole sill... That should fix it...
My opinion is that it is because they started shipping the sills with 3m tape only on portions of the sill, not the whole sill... That creates gaps that are suseptable to damage... In my pre-kid days, these sills would still look flat and undamaged...but with the kids climbing into the car, they occasionally step on the sills...
I will probably yank mine, try and straighten them out, and then put double stick tape across the whole sill... That should fix it...
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