side steps--- removing plates only

610kev · Post by **610kev** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:18 pm

hi ,i am looking to refurbish my side steps ,i dont want to remove the steps from the car body ,just the metal plates i have removed the rubber bungs all 57 to a side .so now i just need remove the plates are they just stuck on with sealer or held in place by other forces thanks kev

ITBarbie · Post by **ITBarbie** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:52 pm

Hi Kev

I removed the rubber plugs and used fine wire wool to bring them up a treat ready for sealing. Not sure how they are stuck down if bonded at all. What kind of refurbishment did you have in mind?

shadrack · Post by **shadrack** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:31 pm

[quote=""610kev""]hi ,i am looking to refurbish my side steps ,i dont want to remove the steps from the car body ,just the metal plates i have removed the rubber bungs all 57 to a side .so now i just need remove the plates are they just stuck on with sealer or held in place by other forces thanks kev[/quote]
Sealer! Lol, they are bolted to the body of the car and are triangular, if yo look underneath there is a plastic panel the lenght of the step, remove the plastic clips from this and fold down towards the floor, this will release it from the step and you will see what I mean, next remove the clips one at each end what hold the arch to the step, then open both doors and look above the step there is a black plastic strip which pops off, you can now see all the bolds(about 10) remove them and you can tease them out without removing the arches! If your unsure and can wait till weekend I will post you some pics when I re-asemble mine!

610kev · Post by **610kev** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:17 pm

hi shadrack .i dont want to remove all the side step just take off the metal plates if that is possible

shadrack · Post by **shadrack** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:22 pm

yeh what im saying is its not just a metal plate, its a triangle section of alloy with the top side(the plate) visible and the rest boxed in by plastic!!
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... =51&fg=95#
here look at this

610kev · Post by **610kev** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:41 pm

thanks =now i understand

shadrack · Post by **shadrack** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:47 pm

they still though arnt really dificult to get off, 30min tops evan if you havnt done them before!! i will take a few pictures then if you change your mind ill post them for you, or do as itbarbie says! im having mine done black but on my old one i removed the step, removed the rubbers and sprayed them alloy wheel silver, they looked great and never corroded again!

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