Fitting Kit For Is200 Sideskirts.

[ajp]

Hey guys, after a favour please.

I picked up some second hand side skirts off an IS200 lately, but I never received the fitting kit (since they'd already been on another car!)

The bodyshop can't fit them as they're missing some plastic bits to attach them to the car as well as some rubber sticky bits!

They said they can work around the issue of the plastic bits as they can find some laying about, but they need the rubber bit to stick them to the sides of the car (it's the rubber seal bit you can see when you look at a car with the sideskirts fitted already that I'm after)

Is it possible to get hold of the fitting kit separately?

They had a quick look on the computer but it said that no additional fitment kit was required for the sideskirts - what do you guys do who want them reinstalling for whatever reason, if they need tidying up etc?

They're going to have a word with Toyota tomorrow to see what they can do but in the meantime I thought I'd pop over here and ask you guys if you had any ideas what I can do?

Thanks in advance

[Scorpion]

Good luck.!!!!!

If you manage to get a part no for the rubber let me know plz.

[ajp]

Thanks Scorpion, but I don't like the sound of that - sounds ominous

[Scorpion]

Thanks Scorpion, but I don't like the sound of that - sounds ominous

Yeah i tried but got nowhere,the thing is some dealers will try anything and really do their best but some dont,i just happen to live near one that dont.

I didn't have the bits that fit under the car either so i rivetted them on

[ajp]

What did you do about the rubber bits then Scorpion?

I guess they'd fit without but they'd be flapping about all over the place - have you used something else for now?

[Scorpion]

When i took them off the car i was really careful and managed to save most of it but there is a part i had to cut and glue back on,a bit untidy but you dont notice it that much.

Come to think of it some spare shops sell a weatherproofing seal on a roll....i'll have to investigate further.

[ColinBarber]

Yeah i tried but got nowhere,the thing is some dealers will try anything and really do their best but some dont,i just happen to live near one that dont.

Why not use Chris then?

[Scorpion]

I think Dobedo already tried that.......i could be wrong though

But i did pose the question a while back and no-one came up trumps.

[Brettster]

If you find out the kit number, lets make it a mini groupie buy because I need the stuff to fit mine too

:(

[Bazza]

Yeah i tried but got nowhere,the thing is some dealers will try anything and really do their best but some dont,i just happen to live near one that dont.

Why not use Chris then?

i tried but he kept squishing out the side and moaning

i think chris has a sealant in his ;)

the body shop i used to fit mine, also managed to got hold of the kit :)

[Monster-Mat]

the kit is definatly available, i had a spare one arrive with my first lex.3 years ago....alas i dont know where it is now

[Scorpion]

the kit is definatly available, i had a spare one arrive with my first lex.3 years ago....alas i dont know where it is now

Right then back to the dealers me thinks ;)

[Steve_Walter]

Just got me a new IS, with the Aero2 kit - the 'free' one they are giving awat at the moment. It's going back to them because they forgot to fit the parking sensors, but will also mention that the side skirt on the passenger side is not actually attached to the side of the car and could they fix that - will ask whether there is anything they can give me should I need to stick it back on myself in the future. Might help with some of your problems ...

[Scorpion]

Try and get a part no plz.

[Steve_Walter]

np. will keep you all posted.

[Jiberjaber]

Not sure from the descriptions given above but it sounds like your after double sided neoprene tape to me (comes in loads of thicknesses / widths) easiest place is RS components (though not the cheapest).

Is that the stuff your after ?

[necromax]

I have some second hand skirts to fit, so I will need a kit too...

[aido]

Sounds like this could be a popular buy - wonder who'll find one first

[Gord]

me ;)

[Steve_Walter]

Just before I speak to Lexus Reading and get fobbed off ...

I presume the skirts are stuck to the side of the car with some form of double sided foam, and bolted on the inside of the wheel arches? Or are they just bolted with sufficient 'in-spring' (new term!) in the skirt to keep it up close to the bodywork, with the seal you are all after just providing protection for the bodywork?

[ajp]

Steve, I believe you are right in that the skirts are by default stuck to the side of the car, as well as bolted in the arches and from underneath.

You can see the rubber type seal in between the body work and sideskirt on all the new cars.

Good luck :)

[immx]

Lexus woodford have tried for me on this one but they said Toyota GB don't even have a part no!!!!!!

[ajp]

I've just had a word with the bodyshop and they've said if they can't get the part no they're going to bond the skirts onto the car.

[Gord]

I've just had a word with the bodyshop and they've said if they can't get the part no they're going to bond the skirts onto the car.

dont i know you from somewhere

[Steve_Walter]

Closer inspection of mine - looks like the seal is glued to the skirt, but not to the vehicle - not at all tacky to the bodywork in the places it has come off.

Car isn't in to the dealer for a week, but I'll tell you what I know then.