iX skirts removal, surprise under there

[duffyboby]

I am going to be removing my iX flares and skirts this summer for a full repaint of my car, was wondering what kind of surprises i can expect to find under there..?

[audiquattrot]

keep an eye underneath the front fenders. if they are original, they have a tendency to rot out under there. I had to replace both of my fenders when i did a respray....the rust wasn't apparent until the flares were removed.

[duffyboby]

and how bad was the rear arches, i already know that my rocker has holes, but the bigger job would be the rear fenders, which i hope i dont have to!

[nomansland92]

when i pulled my flares my fenders were destroyed and the rockers were pretty bad but surprisingly my rear arches were not all the bad, they just needed sanded and filled.

[Nisse Järnet]

What do u guys use to replace the double sided "tape" with when mounting everything back on?

[Frog]

kilo or 2 of coke?

[325ixa]

this and primer.

[Nisse Järnet]

Thanks!

My clips are kinda broken, what type of clips is used to hold the flares? A13011?

[flyboyx]

71103 into the body. 11453 is similiar but doesn't look quite right.

[Nisse Järnet]

Thanks, i just cut of as many clips i could get to and finally i got the skirt and rear flare off :)

Dirt...


Full of shit


Theese looked like A13011 but i just cut them off :P

[flyboyx]

there are some of those, but i think for the side skirts. i assumed you were talking about the ones that go into the green inserts that go into the holes in the fenders.

[flyboyx]

this is how i took the fender flares off:

first, i used a carpet knife to cut the foam tape between the body and flare. by looking at the back of the flare, you can see that the connectors are slotted into the plastic. i just rotated the flare on the arch in the direction to unseat them from their mounts. this left all the connectors in the body and released the flare. i also dumped some baby powder in between where the flare and body meet so i wouldn't have to compete with adhesive from the tape. it worked pretty good and i didn't break any clips. seems like i had to take the bumper off if i remember right.


for the a13011, you can take a punch and push the little center dowel piece through the connector and the outer mushroom portion will just slide out of the hole.

[nando]

Use the tape. It does much of the work holding it on and also seals it. You put them on after finished paint, not over primer. The flares should be painted off the car.

Put the tape on the flares, pull just enough of the backing so you can grab it, clip them to the car, line it up, then pull the backing strip. The paint should be clean when you do this.

[325ixa]

i meant 3m liquid primer for the tape.