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DIY: JDM Door Sills

It takes a certain amount of courage to tear apart our luxurious interior,
but even more to cut it ;) You will be doing exactly that using this DIY--tearing and cutting.
Do not worry! It's a cinch; trust me. If I did it, you can too.

1. Remove the top portion of the sill by wedging a flat surface underneath and carefully prying upward:


2. Once the top portion of the sill is removed, the bottom half is next.
Removal is just like step one. Pry from behind as to avoid damaging the paint:


3. Now the top and bottom halves of the sill are removed:
(check out the 12-year-old preparation plastic)


* if you're a neat freak like me, then clean underneath where the sill used to be.

4. Cut out the USDM sills as such:


Notice I cut before the small hump, just after the raised grips.
In step 6, you will bring the cut forward, right at the small hump.
It's easier to do this in two phases to eliminate an accidental screw up.

5. Pull apart the cutout:


6. Now that the main cut is finished, I used a dremel to smooth out the cut and actually bring it forward a bit, right to the small hump, so the JDM sill sits flush.


7. You may need to pull off the mount tabs from the USDM sill
if any slipped off during the removal. If so, do that now and place them
back in their mount holes. Finally, sit the JDM sill in place:


Repeat steps 1-7 for the remaining sill.



I spent more time polishing the sills than I did intsalling them:


Good luck and God speed!
Post any further questions or comments.

k.h.
 

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hahhha nice... i will call you when i get mine in... looks nice and simple but i'm stupid... hahah took me 2 hrs to get off my bumper!!! hahhaha..... but i do have a custome bumper so yeah.... hahhahhaa.. still proud!!!... latzzz.... gonna get my jdm's in soon maybe you can help me with that... i can't fig out how to wire it...
 

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That looks so damn good. I think you will be able to fool people into thinking they come stock on USDM legends.


How long are the sills? Hopefully they are just about the length of the sedan's sill.
 

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Love the Perl book in the picture. I keep that one hope you don't mind.

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Just bought a dremel. Installed the EDMs last week. These gotta be next. How flush do they sit? Is there any gap where the step plate doesnt look stock after installing the JDM sill?

Maybe you could post a pic of the coupe from above. ....kinda like what you'd be seeing if you were getting in the car.

Thanks for the DIY. I've had mine for a year and never installed em....lol.

-Eric
 

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Sure I believe you. And the best is: I'm not better like you. Wanna know why? Ok, time to be honest to you too, Eric... Believe it, since today I have not installed my...

- USDM Headlamps what I got during my stay in the USA last year.
- The EQ Radio from Stevieray

MikeD, you ought to be ashamed of yourself !
-Mike
 

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