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calidus

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29th Jun 06 at 15:13

say someone was to buy some corsa 2000 sport bumpstrips,as they are not straight, but more of a v stretched oval shape, how does everyone go about fitting them onto the car in standardish possitions without getting them all over the place? any help would be appreciated,and for those who wish to know, the door strip os bout 10er, and the other part is about 5er new

Rob B

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29th Jun 06 at 15:30

is that all they are

im buyin some new ones lol

MikeE

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29th Jun 06 at 15:48

cant be much rob as they are only a flimsy bit of plastic.... oh wait its vaux lol

Rob B

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29th Jun 06 at 16:16

Ace, im buying some new ones then

corsa-sxi

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29th Jun 06 at 16:24

measure another car, then use masking tape to mark where they should be

marklawton

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29th Jun 06 at 16:33

there roughly £15 a side, think its £15.42 a side, thats rougly what i paid about a month ago, and they come with double sided tape on already

calidus

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29th Jun 06 at 16:38

well mine are on order...I can roughly guess how high etc they need to be, only thing Im worried about now...is how on EARTH do you get them straight? take it I can line the edge with where it fits to the door?

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29th Jun 06 at 16:39

Get a yellow crayon out and mark everything up where you think it should go using a steel rule.

marklawton

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29th Jun 06 at 16:40

i just got my brother to stand quite far back and did just by eye,

mattievRS

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29th Jun 06 at 16:48

quote:
Originally posted by calidus
say someone was to buy some corsa 2000 sport bumpstrips,as they are not straight, but more of a v stretched oval shape, how does everyone go about fitting them onto the car in standardish possitions without getting them all over the place? any help would be appreciated,and for those who wish to know, the door strip os bout 10er, and the other part is about 5er new

Try using a spirit level!!!

Joe

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29th Jun 06 at 16:51

They line up with the side repeater at the front and then just go by eye for the rest of it, when I swapped mine i drew around the ends and marked up the sides and just swapped em straight over.

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29th Jun 06 at 16:56

quote:
Originally posted by m17tty

quote:
Originally posted by calidus
say someone was to buy some corsa 2000 sport bumpstrips,as they are not straight, but more of a v stretched oval shape, how does everyone go about fitting them onto the car in standardish possitions without getting them all over the place? any help would be appreciated,and for those who wish to know, the door strip os bout 10er, and the other part is about 5er new

Try using a spirit level!!!

Only works if you are on level ground...

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29th Jun 06 at 16:56

Plus they don't sit level when the car is on it's feet...

calidus

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29th Jun 06 at 16:57

...plus the strips are not straight...theyre a stretched oval

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29th Jun 06 at 17:52

Yellow crayon and a steel rule/tape measure.

Morty123

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29th Jun 06 at 18:03

where did you get yours joe ? are they sprayed and stuck back on ?

I not sure whether to take mine off at the moment i have same colour as silver pic above without colour coded handles and side skirts? any suggestions

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29th Jun 06 at 18:06

You can get away painting the rub-strips still on the car if you go to a decent bodyshop, however the ammount of cars I have seen with paint on the rubbers leads me to think that there is no such thing as a decent bodyshop

Joe

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29th Jun 06 at 18:08

I just bought some new ones, got them painted then just swapped em straight round. Easiest way as when you pull them off it breaks the 'strengthening' bit underneath the plastic.

Lee 16v

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29th Jun 06 at 19:58

mark round before you take the old ones off?

calidus

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29th Jun 06 at 21:51

they are off the car already when i got it

but want them bk on as they break up the sides