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[RSiWORKS]

It does look a bit big. What are your thoughts on the fit.
It goes right over the rubber seal, does the door hit?

 

[DesaRaptor]

The fit is good, door isn't touched. It really is only like 1/4 thicker than the oem plastic ones. The only issue was removing the retaining clips from the plastic sill covers.

 

[Mike Hammer]

Installed mine today. They look great, but wow, getting the yellow retaining clips off of the OEM plastic was a nightmare.

Directions, tips or tricks in getting them off please.

 

[DesaRaptor]

Here are the install instructions I got "after" the install. It was missing from the box, but DefenderWorx emailed them to me. I was too excited to wait and did it on my own though.

 

[DesaRaptor]

In regards to the instructions saying "simply lift them off" I beg to differ. I forced them off to a point that I bent a couple of them.

 

[Mike Hammer]

So if you had to do it over again, what would you do different. Wider screw driver, placement of the screw driver when prying them off? Give directions for dummys.

 

[DesaRaptor]

So if you had to do it over again, what would you do different. Wider screw driver, placement of the screw driver when prying them off? Give directions for dummys.

Honestly, if I had to do it over again, I would have ordered 16 of the yellow clips and not removed them from the OEM. I haven't found the part number yet, but I guess they will cost $1.50 each so another $20.00 to save an hour of my life would be worth it.

Removing the OEM sill covers took less than 5 minutes for all 4 sills.
Installing the new Billet Sill Covers took less than 5 minutes for all 4.
Removing the yellow retainer clips from the plastic OEM took an hour and many of them were bent or torn. The clips are strange. It consists of a plastic clip (black) a brass retaining clip, and a yellow rubber cover.

They issue is that the brass clip has teeth that dig into the plastic OEM sill over when it installed at the factory. To remove them forced me to tear them off of the sill cover basically. I was not able to figure out a way to decompress them for removal. Of course, their might be a easy way of doing it, but I bulled through it.

 

[Mike Hammer]

Thanks for taking the time for the extra help and pictures!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DefenderWorx]

Happy to hear you guys got your door sills installed! Can't wait to see the pics.

 

[Mike Hammer]

Defenderworx, I have a question.

Look at my pictures. The 1st one is the way the part came. The 2nd picture is the way I think the part needs to be. I turned two of L brackets so they hit the 2 clips that do not have the yellow taps on them. I did not install the yellow tabs on the others to make sure everything lines up first.

Also the third picture with the loctite, just in case the screw backs out.

I am in the 2% class that strange things happen to only me and I am used to it by now. So I have to live by "expect the best and prepare for the worst". LOL

Am I correct on the turning on two of them and your thoughts on the loctite?