porsche 928 illuminated sills installation...
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Porsche 928 Illuminated Sills
Installation guide
Removingthesill:IwanttothankAndrewOlsonforthefirstpartofthisguide.HepostedthefollowingremovalprocedureonRennlistin2005
First thing to do is to remove the "rivet" at the back of the sill plate. I used a couple of screw drivers to gently pry it out. If you're careful you'll be able to reuse it. If you're not, you won't.
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After you get this out, then there is a plastic plug between the 9 and the 2 that you have to pop out of its hole.
I found my wire strippers worked perfectly to gently pop this out.
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After you have these loosened, then you can lift up the lip of the sill. Don't lift too high, as there are little tabs that will break. After you get the lip up, slide the sill toward the interior of the car to disengage the tabs . I saved all me driver-side tabs, but lost a couple on the passenger side. At this point the sill should be free. Here's a picture of what I'm talking about.
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Onenotetoadd:thewhitebuttonsthatareleftonthecaronceyouslidethesilltowardstheinteriortoremoveit,caneasilyberemovedfromthecarbyturningthem90degrees.Theypullrightout.Youcanthenslidethepinsbackonthesillpiece,intheirslots.Oncethepinsarebackonthesill,thesillcanbereinstalledbyaligningthepinsintheirholeandpushingstraightdown.Noslidingnecessary.Thismakesthealignmentofthelightstripmucheasier.
Installingthelightstrips:
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Thepictureaboveshowsthepartsyougetinthekit.Belowiswhatthestripslooklikeopen.Theredarrowsshowtheextentofthebusinessarea.Thatgivesyou1/8"beyondthenumbersoneachend.Thefacewiththeadhesivestripsisthefiberopticsideandwillgofacedownontheplasticnumbers.Thesmoothwhitebackisthereflector.Donotseverelybendthestrips,asyoumightwrinklethereflector.
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Youhavearightandaleftstrip.Eachhasahole,tofitoverthesill'slocatingpin(redarrowbelow).
Thereddottedlinebelowmarksthemiddlechannelwherethecar'sbodyreinforcementfits.Thatmeansthatbothfiberoptictailsneedtoconformtothischannelandwillbepushedtothebottomofitoncethesillisreinstalled.
Putthestripinplacedryatfirst,overthelocatingpin,makingsurethatbothendsextendpasttheendofthe"9"andthe"8"Atthispointandbeforeyouactuallyremovetheprotectivecoveroftheadhesiveandgluethestripdown,youhave2choices:
Firstmethod:
Imadeeveryefforttobothlockthefiberoptictails(thesesuckerscanbehardtomanage)andprotectthem,sothatyoucanforcethemtocomformwithoutmodifyingthesill.Butit'stight.
Pusheachtaildowninthechannel,whilekeepingtheconnectorsovertheridge.Allthewiringwillliveintheupperchannel.Whenyoupushthetaildowninthemiddlechannel,theconnectorwillhaveatendencytomovebackwards.Notewhereitlandsandlockitinthatpositionwithapieceofelectricaltape.Itdoesnotmatterifyourtapeextendsbeyondthesill,youcancutislater.
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SecondMethod(preferred):
Theideaistoremoveasmallrectangleofplasticfromthebarthatdividesthose2channelstoletthefiberoptictailsthrough.
Withthestripinitsplace,markwhereeachtailrests:
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IusedaDremeltocuttheplasticbecauseit'sfaster,butaknifeorevenbetter,asharpchisel,woulddo
justaswell.
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First2cuts.Noneedtogoreallydeep.Andjustbecarefullnotodamagethebacksurface.
Thethirdandfinalcutfollowtheedgeofthesill.Youbasicallyonlyneedtoscoretheplasticandbreakoffthepiece.
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Alldone,afterabitofcleanup.Notevenaminuteperside
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Tailsfallinplacewithmuchlessstress.Thisalterationtothesillswouldnotaffecttheirappearanceand/orperformance,evenifyoudecidetoreturntostock.
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