Thread: R-line protection sills...

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Decided to have a go at fitting these yesterday, although not in the usual place.

Basically, ever since I bought the car I had been putting minor scratches in the lowest section on the sill when I got in and out of the car. I had been looking everywhere in the VW Accessories catalogue for something suitable. In the time I was looking I managed to put a faint 5p dent in the driver sill when I got out the car and it's one of those things that bugs the hell out of you because it stares you in the face every time you open the door

So I decided it was time to modify something...

Basically, I took my still unsold R-line adhesive sills that I had neglected to fit earlier in the year and set to work cutting them down. The R-line sills are designed to fit in the uppermost crease of the sill, fitting them properly meals lifting up the inner sill trims and removing the door seal itself. Which is a pointless exercise as they don't protect anything anyway.

I trimed approximately 2cm's from the top line of the sill trims and with a little help from a hairdryer and a vinyl fitting kit I've now got something which looks good, hides my tiny dent and now actually protects my sill properly

P.S.; These trims are NOT cheap. They cost me £90.00 from VW for the pair. I only bought them originally at the time because I was ordering blind and wasn't 100% sure what I was getting :wink: