Aluminum Scuff Plates/ Door Sills Install Instructions
01-18-17, 03:07 PM
#5
RX-7 Bad Ass
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If you have to get new hardware, the nuts they screw in to are also referred to as well nuts. They're rubber plugs with a brass insert, as the screw tightens into the insert they swell up and hold the panel in place.
Important part is a plastic washer between the screw and the scuff plate - this keeps the screw from marring the surface. This is also a good idea on carbon fiber replicas of the scuff plates.
Dale
Important part is a plastic washer between the screw and the scuff plate - this keeps the screw from marring the surface. This is also a good idea on carbon fiber replicas of the scuff plates.
Dale
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gracer7-rx7 (03-12-20)
01-18-17, 10:38 PM
#7
Yep, I used rivnuts (nutserts?) when I polished and re-mounted my alloy sill plates.
Push or cut the stupid, stupid, rubber well-nuts out of the sills because they are a horrible design, and rivet some good threaded nutserts in, and finish off with some polished titanium torx screws for classiness.
All the stuffing around with the rubber well-nuts is not worth the hassle. Mine have been fantastic after this.
Push or cut the stupid, stupid, rubber well-nuts out of the sills because they are a horrible design, and rivet some good threaded nutserts in, and finish off with some polished titanium torx screws for classiness.
All the stuffing around with the rubber well-nuts is not worth the hassle. Mine have been fantastic after this.
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03-12-20, 09:59 AM
#13
The Ancient
I can't remember the size of the nuts and screws, but I would note that the aluminum plates are paper thin. They scuff immediately and you can either buff them out every week or so or paint them with a thick clear coat. I chrome-plated mine after going through a set left raw.