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Old 05-24-18, 08:23 AM
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Custom kick plate?
Aside from carbon fiber, anyone ever customize the kick plates on the door sill? Mine are kinda cruddy looking I was thinking about getting them powder coated or something, can you powder coat aluminum?
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Sure can. That would be a pretty cool looking idea.

I have a set of the CF ones and they look really good and have held up great. I imagine powder coat would do well there.

I also tried wrapping with vinyl once, turned out OK but my vinyl skills weren't on point. But, that is another option.

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Oh yea I didn’t even think about vinyl 🤔
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I thought these were a cool idea:

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-gen-gene...-trim-1114530/
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Ok that’s pretty sweet....idk if I’m creative enough to do that lol!
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I’ve been wanting to powder coat my aluminum door sills as well, I think it would be a nice subtle touch. The plain aluminum sticks out too much imo.
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I think I’m gonna end up getting it powder coated, just no idea what color or anything yet
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As they are aluminum you can also go the anodized route.
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How does the price of that compare to powder coating?
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Anodizing is a bit more specialized where most every town has a shop that does powder coating. Also I think powder coating is more durable. The scuff plates stock have a clear anodized finish and you see how well that holds up .

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how did you guys mount the plates? did you drill or rivet into the body of the car?
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Originally Posted by FEED AFFLUX v5
As they are aluminum you can also go the anodized route.
The quality of the anodized finish really depends on the quality, type and finish of the aluminum. For some reason I don't think the kick plates would be a good candidate, maybe I'm wrong...
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how did you guys mount the plates? did you drill or rivet into the body of the car?
The factory scuff plate kit has you drill out 2 holes in the body to insert 2 rubber well nuts into. Then you have a Phillips head screw with a plastic washer that screws into the well nut.

Well nuts are rubber plugs with a metal insert - when you tighten the screw the rubber swells and holds it in place. Works very well.

The scuff plates have to be removable to be able to remove the kick panel in the floor boards.

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This might be a dumb question, but do they normally not come with the kick plates as I have? You said they have you drill two holes, which says to me they don’t come like that, jw
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Stock the FD only had a little plastic strip. The scuff plates were a dealer-installed accessory but quite popular as it is pretty cool looking.

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