Remove door threshold protection

[Paco Garcia]

Hello friends, someone has dismantled the plastics that protect the door thresholds. Do you know if they are press-fitted, with staples, or glued? I want to put an additional protection tape and I would prefer to do it under these so as not to have to cut. You tell me, thank you

 

[Clark Kent]

Hello friends, someone has dismantled the plastics that protect the door thresholds. Do you know if they are press-fitted, with staples, or glued? I want to put an additional protection tape and I would prefer to do it under these so as not to have to cut. You tell me, thank you

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I used 50mm (2") wide tape to protect the painted area between the tread and the edge of the sill and left the treads alone. They may not stick back down securely on top of sill tape.

 

[Trialmaster]

Hello friends, someone has dismantled the plastics that protect the door thresholds. Do you know if they are press-fitted, with staples, or glued? I want to put an additional protection tape and I would prefer to do it under these so as not to have to cut. You tell me, thank you

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The top picture is of my Trialmaster - you can see the bubbles in the protective tape I used (bought from Amazon). I hope an aftermarket company makes a larger plastic sill protector.

 

[Paco Garcia]

Thank you both for responding, and sorry test teacher for using your image, I bought adhesive tape to protect the door threshold just like you have done, but the idea is to avoid having to cut out as seen in the image. your car, it would be to remove the plastic, put the protective tape (in my case transparent carbon fiber 10 cm wide) and once well glued and adjusted, put the plastic piece on top. Greetings

 

[Tazzieman]

I used 3m clear tape specified for door sills , cut it lengthwise to fit - abutting the plastic trim - but I removed the trim first with trim removal tools.
No glue , no bubbles

 

[Paco Garcia]

I used 3m clear tape specified for door sills , cut it lengthwise to fit - abutting the plastic trim - but I removed the trim first with trim removal tools.
No glue , no bubbles

Thank you for your response, then you confirm that the plastic piece can be removed without problems with panel removal tools, I had been told that they were stuck and could not be removed. Paco

 

[Trialmaster]

Thank you both for responding, and sorry test teacher for using your image, I bought adhesive tape to protect the door threshold just like you have done, but the idea is to avoid having to cut out as seen in the image. your car, it would be to remove the plastic, put the protective tape (in my case transparent carbon fiber 10 cm wide) and once well glued and adjusted, put the plastic piece on top. Greetings

I agree - sounds like a better solution. Let us know how you get on?

 

[ProjectMoshimo]

I know this thread is a bit old, but having just picked up my truck just a week ago I was looking to do this as well. For posterity, the plastic is held on with a few pieces of VHB. I put some painters tape near the edge just to make sure the trim tool would not scratch the paint as the plastic is held fairly tight against the paint, then used the pry trim tool to gently pull it up.

If you want to do this, you’ll need to have a roll of VHB tape to reapply the plastic.