Has anyone here installed the replica amuse sideskirts from Shine Auto? I'm trying to figure out how your supposed to get the OEM clips to fit on the sideskirt.

Can anyone help?

 

my body shop used screws.

 

i didn't use anything for the nismo skirts. They kinda of still gap from the side when you open the doors. I tried double tape but it didn't hold. Of course the bottom side is bolted.

 

My guy put them on for me. Said it was the biggest pain in the *** to get the passenger side on, but the driver side wasn't too bad. He used a few screws.

 

Oh, and you have to take the OEM sideskirts off by the way.

 

Yeah got that.
I've got them both mated up to the car and fitment seems to be pretty good. I was just wondering how other people attached them at the top. I was considering trimming the OEM clips and then using some serious marine adhesive to glue the clips to the side skirts in the right places.

Do you guys reckon that would work.

P.S. You guys that have screws in there, how did they put the screws in? I mean, did the drill into the chassis of the car? Can you now see the heads of the screws when the door is open?

Thanks guys

 

MY body shop used elmers glue, and wood screws

For real tho, just use some small black hex head screws, We only used 2 on mine in the door jam and it turned out reall clean, I wouldnt use any kind of adhesive. Taking them of will be a pita!

 

I dont suppose you could take a pic of it so that i can get an idea.

Thanks

 

I sold it 4 months ago

see sig

 

I have the same question...how are you guys mounting your sideskirts in the door jamb area? I have the JDM nismo from shine. I want to do it right.

 

From what Ive seen, most people just use screws.

 

Thanks. I just need more detail. There needs to be a female & male end for the screws to work. So I don't know if people are using a plastic piece in the car...and then a screw goes into that? So many Z's with body kits....but it sounds like a lot of people half-azz some stuff sometimes. I just want the best possible way to mount these.

 

I was under the impression that most side skirts came with holes pre-drilled in the OEM clip locations along the bottom of the door jamb? My GReddy skirts had that - and IMO they're not exactly top-of-the-line body kit material. Can anyone post pictures of the Amuse (or shine replica) side skirts?

 

I don't have any pics I can provide right now, but I can say that the Shine kit is pre-drilled (at least the one I bought off another member) in the door jamb area (5 holes I believe). In fact it comes with one extra hole that the OEM sides do not use...a crucial mounting point for best fitment.

I'm thinking there has to be some sort of plastic female plug that replaces the white female plugs in the side of the door jamb on the car. Then some sort of screw goes through the sideskirt holes and through the plastic female plugs?

 

Did you ever get them mounted?

 

I got mine remounted thanks to my local Lowe's hardware store.

The one thing I would say is that these do not need to be flat all the way up against the car in the door jamb area. Keep in mind that the door sills (I'm going to replace mine) will cover everything.

So for the 6 holes in each door jamb, I found these plastic clips that the screws go into. I will say that the plastic clips barely stay in the holes until you put the screws in. I don't suggest doing this by hand either (the first time).....it's faster/easier with something that can put the screws through the clips. I wish I could have gotten these size screws in black...but they didn't have the length I wanted.

I was stressing over this, so hopefully this helps someone...hopefully.











Sides are not all the way flat against the car...the clips pull out a little, but they work great. This is the shot looking directly down..you can see the little white clips.

 

Let me get this straight. The stock sides are held in with clips. Now, why cant the clips fit back into the holes?

 

On the OEM side skirts the male half of the clip is mounted to the inside of the skirt, and the female part is mounted in the hole in the frame of the car, which is why you don't see any of the mounting clips exposed ont he OEM setup. The female part in the frame actually sticks out from the frame surface a bit (maybe 1/4", can't remember), and most aftermarket side skirts are made to sit flush here, so using the OEM female portion of the clips may interfere with proper fit of the aftermarket skirt. Also, you would need to find some male clip portion that would fit into the female portion after going through the thru-hole in the side skirt flange, as well as look good.

I ended up using some push-rivets that I got from a local automotive paint place. They are black and seem to be working. I'll get the part number for them when I get home.

 

My shop used those plastic push-in locking type fasteners. Works extremely well.