One scruffy item on my Z3 are the aluminium kickplates on the door sills. There are quite a few spiders webs of corrosion. Any tips for refurbishment or are they available to replace? I’m guessing they’re glued on.
Door Kickplates
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This thread might be of some help :-
zroadster.org
Door sill plates the aluminium ones with z3 roadster on them
When cleaning around the inner door areas I caught the cloth under the edge of the above and it pulled up the first couple of inches leaving a crease in the aluminium. If I can remove I am sure I can remove the cresse. Thought I had read about removing them but cannot find. Anyone removed one...
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Thanks for that. I think I’ll have go at polishing them after seeing the price of a pair on the bay of thieves!This thread might be of some help :-
Door sill plates the aluminium ones with z3 roadster on them
When cleaning around the inner door areas I caught the cloth under the edge of the above and it pulled up the first couple of inches leaving a crease in the aluminium. If I can remove I am sure I can remove the cresse. Thought I had read about removing them but cannot find. Anyone removed one...
@AllanI These are good.
www.tuneon-design.com
BMW Z3 repair kit stainless steel sill plates for BMW Z3 Roadster engraving
Orginal Tuneon stainless steel door sill trims BMW Z3 Roadster engraving Roadster Complete set for all 2 strips (left and right) More robust than the original - because instead of aluminum strip we supply stable strips of stainless steel. The cheapest alternative to the complete...
@AllanI These are good.
BMW Z3 repair kit stainless steel sill plates for BMW Z3 Roadster engraving
Orginal Tuneon stainless steel door sill trims BMW Z3 Roadster engraving Roadster Complete set for all 2 strips (left and right) More robust than the original - because instead of aluminum strip we supply stable strips of stainless steel. The cheapest alternative to the complete...
I bought a set of these around a year ago - but didn't get round to fitting them yet (don't want to fit them till me rebody is a little further along).
They're a nice heavy strip of metal with an adhesive strip on the back. I get the feeling that the maker expects you to just stick it over the top of the old one. That might be possible if the old one was nice a flat but I'd still remove the old one I think.
Only gripe is that the 'Roadster' engaving - at least on mine - is quite faint so not a readable from certain angles. But certainly looks miles better than my current manky ones.
I don't know if the ebay seller makes and engraves these himself? I might ask him - maybe he could engrave something different on a set for me?