Reply With Quote3m Adhesion Promoter pads will probably help
I have bought 04-05 side skirts for my car and installed them both correctly with the screws in the front fender and the 3M (Red) DST, and the two clips for under the car. The passenger side has stayed on and is tight to the car and has lasted two washings so im guessing that one is good to go.
The driver side is where the problem lies. I have installed it twice now??!!:(
I installed it the eact same way was the other side, but for some reason the tape is not grabbing to the car.
Is there a way to make it grab to the car better?(The area where the tape is going is clean) Is there something else that I could try besides 3m tape? Do I need to do something that Im missing to make it stick better?
Please help!!
Thanks in advance....
Last edited by fatathaland; 10-25-2008 at 11:05 PM. Reason: thread title formatted
3m Adhesion Promoter pads will probably help
I second that, adhesion promoter will do the trick.
Can you get that at any hardware store you do you have to order it? what do you do with it?
Thanks guys
ive used the tape and it never worked, now i just have a small metal bracket on the rear end of the skirt screwed into the wheel well tab. adhesion promoter didnt help mine. i was re taping like every month. anoying when u spend so much on nice stuff and it just falls off...lol
adam
If you prep it right then 3M products should work.
Clean the car surface VERY WELL, with soap and water, then add the 3M adhesive promoter. Try wearing latex/nitrile gloves to prevent oil and other contaminates from touching the surfaces that will come into contact with the tape then put the side skirt on.
If that doesn't work then I don't know what will.....good luck!
i think duplicolor makes some and they sell it at kragen.Originally Posted by SD_smrk1
this is what i did:
materials used:
- water heater strap (like $2 at hardware store)
- nuts, washers, bolts
- touch up paint
1) cut a piece of water heater strap (~1.5") that would fit over skirt and fender lip
2) painted strap, washers and nut head
3) drilled holes in skirt and fender lip
4) bent strap slightly so it would sit flush against skirt and lip
Couldn't have said it better myself. It's all about prep. Use some Dawn degreasing dish detergent prior to the promoter. Mine were on for over a year when I sold it.
Mel
Wow.. okay lots of things to try. Thank you guys for sharing I was getting scared that I was going just to have to take them off....
POWDBYRICE, did you add any of the 3m double sided tape as well, so that i didnt come of and sit flush or just bolted it on?
Will def go try the gloves, dawn soap and promoter
hmmmm kragen, ight the one place i didnt go.. sweet.. thanks again guys appreciate it.
i have the flat clips with 3m tape on them. i can tell that some came off already. mainly where i've kicked the sideskirt as ive gotten out of the car. lol.
i only have 6? on each side rather than the full 11 or 12 that it takes.
i got the promoter in the paint department.
okay... thanks, i am about to get that and try the strap if this stuff dosnet work for me...
Alright cleaned the are really well, i used some government strength alcohol(hahaha) its de-somehting alcohol.. worked really well and some other house hold products. i cleaned the 3m tape that was on there and added some more to it and some extra strips here and there where it matters mainly on the back half of the side. It stuck like a champ. I didnt have to use the spray, som im returning it and getting my 20 dollars back. Thanks for all the advice guys. hopefully this thread will still be usefull in the future for whom ever..
Glad to hear all is well.
Mel
im going to have to do this to my hfp side skirts. passenger side is sliding down. =(
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