Door sill / Rocker panel removal 355

Your making me want to go Carbon!

 

Carbon is the way to go !!!!
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That's a nice steering wheel !

 

Anyone know how to best remove the rubber "Ferrari" strip in the OEM door sill plates if you want to re-use it? I have a carbon set with an inset for the OEM rubber strip and am wondering how to transfer it without damage. Thanks!

 

Fishing line.

 

Use heat Gun as u move foreword. This is a two man or one man one woman job. I have done this with three women, I did the work they had coffee

 

I did this job last week as well, was pretty straight forward just take your time.
A heat gun is a must.
My car had different adhesives used on the sill on each side; one side had green adhesive which was softer and the passenger side had white adhesive which was rock hard.
Be sure to remove all the old adhesive before installing the the new sills, this will seem daunting but it's not that bad and a must do.
The rubber strip just peeled right off my stock sills and reused them using 3M black weatherstripping adhesive

 

Fixed it for you.... and pics or it never happened.

Use the heat gun and then pull a string underneath the sill and work it across until all is released.

I have the carbon sills and aluminum inserts. Lots of compliments and not too gawdy.

 

I just did mine today. The rubber Ferrari came right off as the glue was so old. Pull the bottom weather stripping up to get at the screws.
used a carving knife with rigidity to slide under the sill. used a slight wrist twisting and the sill begrudgingly came up. Extreme caution so it doesn't bend. There's no way a spatula would have worked.
There appeared to be two adhesives - one black which dried to a gloss finish and one white. Both were used sparingly.

So the black is Matte? I'm thinking taking them for a powder coating.
I presume the rubber Ferrari is held down by rubber cement? Contact Cement?
and use 3M weather stripping adhesive for the sill to body bond?

Anybody find replacement screws?

 

Screws pt no. 15914977
Washers pt no. 12642878
Screw block pt. no. 14115580 Nylon insert.

Fitted some new yesterday. Still available from Ferrari.

 

They are still available. but with Ferrari tax, at 3.78 each and you need 6 and probably washers.

I bought 'em. But folks have another source?

 

I got the sills back from the powder coater. Rubber cement didn't hold. what did other folks use to bond the black rubber to the painted sill?

Oh, and going on 3 weeks waiting for Ferrari to find the replacement screws & washers.

 

Note: Don't throw away your old screws & washers. The new ones either the screw head is smaller or the washer hole is larger.

Rubber cement didn't hold the rubber to the metal. Contact cement did.

I tried foam tape to hold the sill to the body. It's not holding. I'll try the weather stripping adhesive next.

 

The factory uses something just barely softer then liquid nails. Double sided foam tape worked for mine, but if you are still struggling, maybe try a liquid adhesive? The CON is the stronger, the more likely its permanent.

 

What about using 3m tape on the metal sills?
When I installed my carbon fiber sills used the 3m tape and that was many years ago....holding firm.

 

I needed that laugh. That's pretty much how my GF helps me until I give her the, "Really?.", look.

 

How did you guys remove the adhesive from the rocker panels? i have been scraping it with a plastic razor to not damage the paint but it seems to be seriously glued to the panels and will take ages, any better solution to get this off? seems like butyl but i might be wrong....

 

I managed to remove all residue with rubber alcohol and plastic scraper.

I have another problem as i want to remove the rocker panel for paint, the inner nut thru the air duct is impossible to even reach with the arm as the openiing is too narrow or my arm is too thick.

Anyone managed to do this? It seems you need to have a size of a child arm, very bad design...

 

Does anyone have a good comp to 15914977 or know the specs of the screws?