Thinking of getting the skirts off for a clean may or may not go back on can someone point me in the direction of an idiots guide? I assume they bolt on from underneath
Seen this but its not too clear to me
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/imag ... Seiten.pdf
Removing Sideskirts
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Last edited by 318isPMK on Thu May 03, 2012 11:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
haha yes im gonnae remove this just had a roll around in the road at half 11 at night i think its 5 screws on the under side and 2 in the wheel arch looks a piece of pish
Shouldn't be any screws underneath 
You'll have to get the holes filled in that the top clips sit in if you're leaving them off. Plus any rust they're hiding.
You'll have to get the holes filled in that the top clips sit in if you're leaving them off. Plus any rust they're hiding.
so is there clips somewhere too? I couldnt see any the screws were screwed in so I could see the screwheads horizonally not screwed vertically into the sill. Does that make sense?
[quote="318isPMK"Does that make sense?[/quote]
Not at all.
There shouldn't be any screws at all. The Wiki link you posted shows everything you need to know. There are;
7 holes along the top of the skirt the top clip push into.
2 plastic rivet in the rear arch
Then there are a load of clips on the under side of the skirts, can't remember how many but they are easy to see.
1 screw on the bottom of the wing, this is fitted to all E30s.
Not at all.
There shouldn't be any screws at all. The Wiki link you posted shows everything you need to know. There are;
7 holes along the top of the skirt the top clip push into.
2 plastic rivet in the rear arch
Then there are a load of clips on the under side of the skirts, can't remember how many but they are easy to see.
1 screw on the bottom of the wing, this is fitted to all E30s.
Mine has TECH 1 side skirts I dont think it looks anythink like the thing above i'll re-read 
Ahhhhh, no point looking at a fitting guide fo SE skirts then!
Tech 1 skirts should be screwed on along the bottom with hex screws, screws into brackets on the front wings and plastic rivets on the rear and then similar clips along the top like the SE skirts.
Tech 1 skirts should be screwed on along the bottom with hex screws, screws into brackets on the front wings and plastic rivets on the rear and then similar clips along the top like the SE skirts.
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Paul.. the skirts on your car were fitted by the owner i bought it from, i had never taken them off but they looked to have the original fitting clips on the underside (along the cill lip) then they had just been screwed in to the lip on each wheel arch, if you look behind the skirts from an above angle they look like they have been either bonded or heavy double sided tape used to hold them to the cill.
hope this help's
hope this help's
Yeah I seen that and its making me nervous about damaging the paint!
Also as higher powers on the zone have informed me 
, they shouldn’t be bonded on but correctly fitting to make removal easier, im watching with interest as mine are bonded on to, I want to see how much of the cill comes away with the skirt 
, they shouldn’t be bonded on but correctly fitting to make removal easier, im watching with interest as mine are bonded on to, I want to see how much of the cill comes away with the skirt -
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Rich320I wrote:Also as higher powers on the zone have informed me
What sill ?
right fook it there staying on... thanks Im not too scared to take them off incase the car halfs like the Titanic
Went to the dealers this morning two technicians come outa nd have a perv I go to start it it doesnt start and the alarms goes off... I love my car
Went to the dealers this morning two technicians come outa nd have a perv I go to start it it doesnt start and the alarms goes off... I love my car
To be fair bud, id take them off as a precaution if there is any rot lurking behind its better to catch it now and get it sorted. Fingers crossed itl be minty mint you do deserve abit of luck with that car
No i wouldnt be able to fix any problems myself and cant afford any more outlays the now.
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To be honest, if you take them off and find a 50p sized blister now that isn't rotten properly it's going to take you the cost of a wire wheel, kurust, etch primer, can of spray and some under seal/waxoil.
Leave it a year and what could be £10-20 outlay and half an hour with a grinder could turn into having to get some welding done.
And if you do find something horrific, tell the zone it was factory mint, bond those fuckers on like no tomorrow and shove the turd on piston heads sharpish
Leave it a year and what could be £10-20 outlay and half an hour with a grinder could turn into having to get some welding done.
And if you do find something horrific, tell the zone it was factory mint, bond those fuckers on like no tomorrow and shove the turd on piston heads sharpish
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Whip 'em off; what's the worst that could happen?
Oh yeah...
Oh yeah...
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Like I said:
I would rather know if my turd was rotten with some tech1 side skirts nailed over it than not knowross_jsy wrote:And if you do find something horrific, tell the zone it was factory mint, bond those ******* on like no tomorrow and shove the turd on piston heads sharpish
You'd need to be good to do that from Manchester
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i wouldn't worry to much as the car was stripped to the bare metal for it's respray and the guy i got it from say's the Tech 1 skirts were added about 4/5 mths after (hence how they look a slightly different shade) and the sill's are suppose to be black, look closely at yours, there red which does indicate they were painted when the car was318isPMK wrote:Yeah I seen that and its making me nervous about damaging the paint!
Boyd knew the car before it got painted & he also told me in the past that he could never remember the car having any worrying rust before the paint work, just a badly covered scratch on a quarter panel.