So I got tired of the big silver ring piece popping up and having to push it back down all the time. This weekend I pulled it back off to see what could be done about it. Turns out it's just one of those design's where Nissan got lazy. Instead of the ring having purposeful "indents" for the spring clips to catch into, Nissan just left them flat and put some velvet pad stickers on. Well as usual with sticker pads, they either move (slide) or work themselves off completely.
So the number one thing I did was remove them altogether and used some Bestine to get rid of the goo. My first thought on a fix was glue, but then I decided if I ever wanted to pull this back up that wasn't a good idea. Then I figured the best fix would be to dremel some notches into the inside of the ring for the clips to snap into. But I was too lazy for all that and was afraid I might not get the notches in the right place. I still think this would be the best thing to do, so maybe sometime in the future if plan C doesn't work.
Plan C was to cut some small pieces of male hook velcro (not the softer female loop) and stick it where the old velvet was. My thought here was that the velcro would be hard enough to make it tighter, but it would also give enough to allow the clips to spring into it and make a "catch," particularly over time as the clips wore into the velcro a bit. Of course the down side to this plan is that the velcro will do the same thing as the original velvet and move over time. To help stop this I put the velcro on and let it set on the piece for a day before putting the ring back on. Only time will tell if this fix does the trick.
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Finally Able To Order 2012 Model 8/24/2011
Delivered Tuesday November 15, 9:57 am!!!
2012, Auto, White, Sport, Kick Plates
Last edited by Bonzo; 06-11-2012 at 10:09 AM.
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