ok those crappy clips that clip up to the sill bit at the bottom that ALWAYS snap... does anyone have any secret methods for avoiding this?

one i head was to drill a small hole thru the sil bit and the broken clip and cabletie it together...

any other methods anyone's using?

i'm sick of spending a LOT of money for some stupid crappy clips that snap the moment you put them on ALL THE TIME theyre not cheap! especially when you have to buy each one 3 times coz they all break when fitting

 

im getting new ones jut have to drill the rivets off and re rivet them they are 15 years old or so jim

 

craig, thats the THEORY... lol

you wait till you try and clip it onto the sill....

push push push push SNAP!

CraigN: "AAARGH!!! FUCKING CRAPPY SLIP MOTHERFUCKER C*NT!!! AAARGH"

 

Can you heat them up first to make them abit more plyable (spl) ???

Martyn

 

just had new ones on mine all new rivets all heated up just moved my car 3 bits of clips on the floor

 

giles, tried that...

didnt work

 

I have never seen these clips or rivets so don't know if this would work or not, but .......

Is it possible to flat the head of the rivet, top and bottom, so the clip will slid on horizontally and then rotate the clip 90 deg so it fits under the rivit on the remaining vertical bits of the head ??

Martyn

 

nope

the rivet bit isnt a problem at all... its what holds the clip to the skirt

the clips are just that, clips... you push them onto the thin strip of metal that hangs down from the sill...

thing is the clips are NOT pliable! theyre v. stiff, and will snap VERY easily...

stupid bloody material to make a clip from!

 

Take it to a body work place and let them have the hassle of fitting then jim

 

jim are you useing the right sized clips there 3 diffrent sizes?

 

doo, yep. i bought enought to do the whole car + a few spares (not cheap!)

and i only managed to get ONE SIDE done

 

Get some rouse skirts you get no probs with them
the amount of dosh you spent on stupid clips you could of bought a pair of skirts

 

my mate a the bodyshop just came up with a idea which may work undersealing the sill section where the clips go on thus giving them more adhesion we are gonna try that with mine

 

I made some small 'L' shape brackets out of light alloy,rivet them to skirts then
self-tappers into sill,job done

 

yeah but surely that just makes em less likely to fall off, not less likely to snap?

 

What snap?????

 

the clips on the sideskirts

 

Jim - these are a nightmare!

solution please!

 

you bunch of homo's
get a fucking heat gun , heat them up till they are litrally melting then push them on . once sitting in place drill tiny little holes and either rivet them on to the metal strip or use self tapping screws . we,v done dozens of them and dont have any problems
by the way if your worried about burning your ickkle pingy's with the heat gun WEAR SOME GLOVES

 

You REPLACE the plastic clip with the 'L' shape bracket

No clips to break

 

how can an L shaped bracket hold the thng up tho?

 

i take it that stickerflex is quite strong then!

 

i sawed the spikes out of my clips and stickerflexd them on the sill non e ever broke

 

Have sent you an e-mail m8

 

i had the same snag while rebuilding my 4x4 so what i did was spend another heap of dosh bought a load more.but this time i filed back the v-ribs that grip the sill when pushed into position until they were a light fit on the sill.this worked out perfect.

 

yep, these clips are fookin expensive.

had the same problem as Jim Galbally and the same solution; just gave up fitting them...

maybe someone has a final solution ??

 

changed my passenger side one (in front of rear jackpoint cover) about 5 times,
if it dosn't snap when your fitting it, then it snaps a few days later

in the end, i quicksteeled the remaining part of the clip to the sill, BODGE i
know,,,,,, but it has held for quite a while

 

well my solution is leave the fookers alone, stop looking at the sode skirts and all ya problems are solved


serious how cares as the kit aint gonna fall off is it

fooking bufty boys

 

it's not a matter about being a bufty, i just want to fit them onto my car

she looks much much better with them skirts fitted

 

i like Gus's idea

 

ermmmm... what does stickerflexd mean?

i'm :blonde: see?

 

Buy a Rouse problem sorted

 

yeah but 4wd's for girls

i would buy a rwd rousde but there a bit harder to find

 

ffs USE A HEAT GUN

 

thats ok for putting them on, but they always go brittle & snap after while.

 

so no one knows what stickerflexd means ?

 

they are brittle anyway so by heating and bending(altering the shape) it relieves the stress on the front edge where they allways snap . and as i said earlier we use either small stainless rivets or self tappers once they're on . never had any probs with them

 

Heating them to melting point will leave them FAR more brittle once they have cooler down!!

 

Got some 2in wood screws PM me for details

 

think he ment silkoflex, like tiger seal, a really strong glue the chavs use on there novas to stick or bits and bobs they find in old ladys handbags to there car to make em look faster