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dmhenderson 02-25-2013 07:41 PM

Does anyone remember how illuminated kick plates attach?
 
I have to remove mine to swap them out with the new ones but I forget how they're attached to the car.

I remember the plastic ones being attached with little plastic grommets and I just sorta worked around the edge of the kick plate underneath the weather seal until they popped up.

Ideas?

sparky 02-26-2013 12:05 AM

Two pop grommets, one at each end and 3M tape in the middle where the third factory grommet used to be.

dmhenderson 02-26-2013 06:27 AM

Ah perfect thanks. I knew there was something different about it but I couldn't remember what it was.

eastwest2300 02-26-2013 09:23 AM

This is a pretty install, pretty much plug and play..

dmhenderson 02-26-2013 09:48 AM

Yeah I did it before on my old Z but it has been a while. Picking up the car late tonight from D&V so I probably won't get around to messing with the kick plates until this weekend.

eastwest2300 02-26-2013 10:27 AM

These are your new kick plates that you had custom done? you havent turned them on yet?

dmhenderson 02-28-2013 08:52 AM

So I went to pop these out last night and...they wouldn't pop out. I took a screwdriver wrapped in electric tape and tried to pry them off and they wouldn't budge. I don't want to break my old ones if I can help it or worse, end up with the grommet breaking off inside the car.

Suggestions?

dmhenderson 02-28-2013 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 2184811)
These are your new kick plates that you had custom done? you havent turned them on yet?

No. Like I said, I went to pop the old ones off and they didn't come off easily. Want to avoid damaging the paint on the running boards if I can.

DEpointfive0 02-28-2013 09:30 AM

Hey DM, can you post pics of it?
I want to see how well (hopefully) my buddy hooked you up

dmhenderson 02-28-2013 09:36 AM

As soon as I am able to the old ones off the car lol

DEpointfive0 02-28-2013 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmhenderson (Post 2188731)
As soon as I am able to the old ones off the car lol

Lol, I just wanna know if the metal came out straight or had any dents of any kind, but I guess I'll wait........
You
Better be devoting 8 hours a day to this project dammit!!! LOL

dmhenderson 02-28-2013 09:39 AM

No dents or warps in the metal. He did a very good job. Actually had a mini heart attack when I took them out of the box because it looked like there was a huge crease in one of the aluminum pieces (turned out it was the protective plastic covering)

DEpointfive0 02-28-2013 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmhenderson (Post 2188737)
No dents or warps in the metal. He did a very good job.

Awesome!

To anyone else, he does good work!!! But you gotta pay him, or bribe him more than DMHenderson

dmhenderson 02-28-2013 09:42 AM

Hey I told him to set his own price and he quoted $20. I gave him $30 and paid for shipping to/from him because I felt guilty.

DEpointfive0 02-28-2013 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmhenderson (Post 2188746)
Hey I told him to set his own price and he quoted $20. I gave him $30 and paid for shipping to/from him because I felt guilty.

Lol, I know, I'm not trying to bash or guilt you, I talked to him about the price too

I'm just saying that in that WTB thread, I thought I saw someone say that they'd pay $50, lol
So maybe he'd be back in for $50?


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