Shocka

The Door Sills on the driver side Came off my car :-(

ima got the dealer tom and make him stick it back on again did this happen to anyone else?

IWANTMYRX8

WTF!!
Are they not screwed in like other cars? Or do they use some type of adhesive. (if so, maybe just a bad application??)

jtimbck2

They're stuck on with some crappy adhesive. One of mine is coming off too.

o_town_racer

The aluminum stickon portion of my drivers-side door sill isn't down tight either. I've been contemplating gluing it down with crazy glue or double-sided 3M tape.

Shocka

i was thinking crazy glue also.. last thing i want is the door sill to fall out one day and not have one. i think it looks really nice!

goodyrx8

I wouldn't use crazy glue as is works best for small areas. I would make the dealer replace or fix it.

The pastic part is clipped down but the aluminum insert is glued. Same thing was happening on mine as well.

Your other option is to purchase the all aluminum sill plates. By the way, those stick down with double sided tape.

pwrjunky

Mine came up on delivery when they removed the protective plastic. They actually closed the door and bent it. Replaced with a new one, no problem.

Ike

If you can get your hands on good quality servo tape (check a hobby store) that stuff stick like crazy and is a far superior adhesive than most glues of other forms of double sided tape.


Ike

mikeb

mine has started to move around on the drivers side
sucks

Evolv

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A not so commonly used, but extremely effective adhesive is 3M's Clear UltraPro Autobody Sealant. Used mostly on body seams. It bonds well to painted metals, glass and aluminums..

Sticks better then sour milk tastes.

I had to throw in something about the milk metaphor , see it here


here's a link to the product

Elara

Mine are coming off as well- for now, I just step on them and they stick back on, but I think we're going to SuperGlue them. We noticed it at the dealers as well, and they just used some kind of white nasty glue- stuff to stick it back on and made a mess of it.

red_rx8

My driver's side door sill kept popping up at the right side. I noticed this the day after delivery. I've had my RX8 for almost a month, and this is the only thing so far that I've noticed isn't right. I kept pushing it down to stick, and now that the cooler weather is here it seems to stick better. I would have thought the opposite.

Has anyone had the dealer fix this correctly (other than adding some kind of glue and making a mess of the appearance)?

Shocka

welll im glad im not alone with the driver side door sill problem.. maybe Mazda should address this as a real problem compared to the 9 horses.. hey im more worries about loosing the door sills then the 9 horses!!


well my plan is ... next time it pops off im taking it to my room, as soon as i get a minute im running over to the dealer and making em fix it...

mazda wantagh has been great with "services" aka repairing **** that shud be fine.

they have had someone, Service, salesman, finanace associate, receptionist, take a peek at my car to see if they know what the prb is

Charles Cope

The dealer should fix it, but for all,

I've found that 3M Automotive Acrylic Plus Attachment Tape, p/n 06384 (a.k.a. double sticky tape) is the best product for attaching mouldings, etc. I got it at NAPA, not cheap, about $7 for 1/2" x 5yd roll, but its the best! It held my RX7's side guard mouldings on for years, until I sold it.

red_rx8

Thanks, Charles. I'm inclined to believe this product is the better way to go than using glue.