Sill Trim, Lighting

Sill trim, lighting





































INTRODUCTION
- NOTE! Read through the whole installation instruction before starting the work.
- The illustrations display the procedure in order of operation. The order of operation is repeated in the text section






Sill trim, lighting

Note! The surface must be kept at a temperature of at least15°C (60°F). Leave the vehicle indoors for 2 hours after finishing the work. Do not wash the car for 48 hours.




- Turn the ignition key to position 0.
- Disconnect the battery negative lead.

Note! Wait at least three minutes before unplugging the connectors or removing other electrical equipment.




- Remove the tunnel console's right-hand side panel by carefully pulling it away starting at the rear edge. The panel is secured with five clips on the inside.
- If the vehicle is equipped with a passenger compartment connector socket, this must also be removed.




- Fold aside the carpet, insulation panel and uncover the right-hand side of the tunnel console's front section as well as the hole for the rubber grommet in the cowl panel.





Illustrations A and B
- Remove the bolts of the panel underneath the glovebox and remove it.
- Unplug the lighting connector (image B) and move the panel aside.









- Wash the door sill where the new sill trim is to be installed.
- Warm up the sill trim using a hot air gun to approximately 60°C (140°F). At the same time pry the sill trim off using a weatherstrip tool. Take care not to damage the painted surfaces. Place the sill trim to one side. New sill trims are supplied in the kit.
- Do the same on all sills.




- Warm up and remove remaining pieces of tape.
- Do the same on all sills.





Image A applies to cars with a five cylinder engine
- Remove the engine cover by pulling it straight up. It is fitted with four rubber mountings.





Image B applies to cars with a six cylinder engine
- Remove the engine cover by pulling it straight up. It is fitted with four rubber mountings.





Applies to cars with an eight cylinder engine
- Remove the engine cover by pulling it straight up. The cover is secured by four rubber mountings, two at the rear edge and two at the front edge.




- Remove the front wheels on both sides.




- Remove the three screws at the rear edge of the fender liner.




- Remove the five screws at the front edge of the fender liner and the two plastic nuts at the side
- Unhook the fender liner from the fender edge and remove it.




- Remove the three screws holding the rear fender liner's front edge at the door sill panel.




- Tap out the central pin in the seven clips that hold the door sill panel at the lower edge.
- Twist off the lower section of the panel with clips from the body.




- Detach the panel at the upper edge/rear edge using a weatherstrip tool. It is secured by a clip in the rear fender.
- Continue forwards and pry off the panel at the side of the clips, along the door sills and front fender. The panel is secured by seven clips in the sill and one in the front fender.
- Place the panel to one side.
- Repeat steps 10-14 on the other side.




- Remove the engine splash guard.




- Remove the rubber plug on the right-hand side in the cowl panel and discard it. New rubber grommets are supplied in the kit.

Applies to cars with auxiliary lamps/passenger compartment connector socket.
- On cars with auxiliary lamps/passenger compartment connector socket, rubber grommets are already installed, remove from the cowl panel.




- Cut off the outermost top on one of the smaller rubber nipples on the rubber grommet.




- Take the long cable harness from the kit and thread the short cable end with the four loose cables into the rubber grommet.




- Take the cable harness and insert the short cable with the rubber grommet into the hole in the cowl panel.
- Press the rubber grommet into the hole.
- Now route the shorter of the cables to the right-hand side, along the edge of the fender liner and along out to the front edge of the sill. The long cable is routed up to the right-hand side of the engine's valve cover.
- Do not press the cable with edge clips in the wheel housing's panel flange yet.





Image A applies to five cylinder engines, image B to six cylinder engines, image C applies to eight cylinder engines
- Now route the remaining cable up towards the engine's valve cover/intake pipe on the right-hand side.
- Route it behind the existing cables and pipes by the cowl panel, up towards and across the valve cover/intake pipes, continue under/along the cables there and down to the left fender liner.
- Clamp as illustrated using two tie straps from the kit. On six cylinder engines, the cable is clamped with five tie straps.













- Pull the cable from the valve cover.
- Now pull the remaining cable end in the same way as the other, along the panel edge on the wheel housing and out to the front edge of the sill.
- Do not press the cable with edge clips in the wheel housing's panel flange yet.




- Open the catches on the two green five pin male and female connectors.




- Connect the two five pin connectors to the loose cable ends by the rubber grommet:

Note! The numbers that indicate the different positions are on one side of the connector where the cables go in and are extremely small so take care when reading them off.

- Pos 2 Red (R) cable
- Pos 4 Black (SB) cable
- Close the connector's catches.




- Connect the connector (1) in the cable from the rubber grommet to the corresponding connector (2) from the courtesy lighting.
- Clamp in the cable harnesses at the existing cable harness using tie straps from the kit.
- Fold the insulation panel and carpet back.





Illustrations A and B
- Connect the remaining cable connector (1) to the courtesy lighting.
- Reinstall the panel under the glove compartment.









- Reinstall the tunnel console's side panel and passenger compartment connector socket if applicable.




- Insert a steel wire through the hole on the outside of the sill and along out through the hole in the top side of the sill.
- Take a sill trim from the kit, tape its cable end at the routed steel wire and pull the cable out through the hole on the outside of the sill.




- Clean the surface where the new sill trim is to be installed. Use isopropanol P/N 1161721.
- Wipe dry.




- Detach the protective film at the rear end of the sill trim slightly and fold out the detached end outside the sill trim.




- Pull the cable through the sill, carefully position the sill trim in place of the old one.
- Press the rear edge where the protective tape was detached so that the tape adheres.
- Pull off the protective tape maintaining the position of the sill trim. Press the trim down after detaching the protective tape.

Note! Ensure that the protective tape does not break under the trim strip when pulled off.




- Press the trim strip down firmly with a pressure of approximately 2 kg/cm² along its entire length.
- Repeat steps 27 - 31 on the other side.




- Clean off any dirt and other contaminants from the sill according to the markings illustrated.
- Wipe dry.




- Clean the marked surface, for attaching the transformer on the sill. Use isopropanol P/N 1161721.
- Wipe dry.




- Remove the protective film from the transformer's attaching tape.




- Press the transformer on the sill in the position shown.




- Remove the pieces of protective hose from the cables for the sill trims.
- Take a connector and install the red (R) cable in terminal 1 and the black (SB) cable in terminal 2 in the connector.
- Do the same for the rear doors.




- Now connect the connectors on the cables for the sill trims and transformer together.
- The longer of the cables from the transformer must be connected to the rear door's sill trim.




- Remove the foam tape's protective tape.
- Wind the foam tape around the connectors.
- Cables and connectors must not be secured with tape or clamps at the body. Allow them to lie freely at the bottom of the sill panel.
- Repeat steps 32 - 38 on the other side.





Applies to the left-hand side
- Take a tie-strap with edge clips and press it on the panel edge at the front edge of the sill.
- Secure the cable with the tie strap.




- Press the cable along the edge of the wheel housing with clips in positions that ensure the cable is routed in the best possible way.

Illustration A





Applies to the right-hand side and to cars with a fuel heater.
- Take two tie straps with edge clips from the kit and press one onto the panel edge at the front edge of the sill. Press the other further back on the sill's plate edge to keep the cable away from the fuel heater's exhaust pipe.

Illustration B





Applies to the right-hand side and to cars without a fuel heater
- Take a tie-strap with edge clips from the kit and press it on the panel edge at the front edge of the sill.
- Secure the cable with the tie strap.





Applies to the right-hand side
- Press the cable along the edge of the wheel housing with clips in positions that ensure the cable is routed in the best possible way.




- Reinstall the engine splash guard and torque tighten the screws to 25 Nm (18.5 lb.ft.).




- Now pull up any cable excess from both sides to the top of the engine and gather it there. Ensure that no cable is visible under the engine cover's edge when reinstalled.
- Tighten the tie straps.
















- Take new clips from the kit, install them at the top edge of the sill panel and press onto the body. Ensure that all cables are not trapped and that the clips have engaged.




- Take new clips with central pin from the kit and press the panel on the body. Ensure that all the clips engage properly.




- Reinstall the fender liner and tighten it at the front edge and at the side using screws and plastic nuts.




- Tighten the fender liner at the rear edge using screws.




- Tighten the rear fender liner to the sill panel.
- Repeat steps 48 - 52 on the other side.




- Reinstall the front wheels. Tighten the wheel nuts crosswise. Tighten to 140 Nm (103 lb.ft.).
- Reconnect the battery negative lead.