hi all i brought some side steps from ad@m today (cheers adam) am going to attempt fitting them does anybody have any diagrams or anything that would help me out a little cheers

same as tubes, you need a riv-nut gun or cheat using two spanners, you also need a largish hole saw for the plastic trim 1.5in or so I cant recall

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would i be better getting landrover to fit them its gota go in on friday to have the rear window sorted may ask them about fitting them

I would get landrover to fit them they charged me 1hr labour to do mine.  Freelander2 GS TD4 Manual in Lago Grey .Roof Mount DVD 9.2''Screen~Window Tints~Parrot CK3100 Bluetooth~Retro Fit Sony Satnav~iPhone Dashmount~Side Steps~Woodco Armrest~Mudflaps~Land Rover Sunglass Holder~LED Interior Lights~Private Plate.Evoque Collected 17th Sept 2012.


Also Audi TT Roadster.

how much was that then matey lol

Pinky got charged about £60, I being a farmer baulked at such extravagance and fitted them myself

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would i be better getting landrover to fit them its gota go in on friday to have the rear window sorted may ask them about fitting them

Think it was about £100 but they done a few bits for me at the same time parrot car kit and windows tints and wired up my sony sat nav all done proir to collecting the car when new. Freelander2 GS TD4 Manual in Lago Grey .Roof Mount DVD 9.2''Screen~Window Tints~Parrot CK3100 Bluetooth~Retro Fit Sony Satnav~iPhone Dashmount~Side Steps~Woodco Armrest~Mudflaps~Land Rover Sunglass Holder~LED Interior Lights~Private Plate.Evoque Collected 17th Sept 2012.


Also Audi TT Roadster.

have attempted to fit them but encountered a problem ,the bracket that goes underneath the sill at the back which requires a rivnut have become stuck them bolt is too small to go in obviously because it needs fastener in so the bolt will screw in i asked landrover and they want 180 to fit them but the problem is i can do it myself just not sure how to get around the rivnut problem

sorry i don't quite understand whats happened, is it you don't have a rivnut tool?

if so try this

chicken george wrote:

Just to confirm that a rivnut tool is not needed. I just used a 7mm ring spanner between the stud and the rivnut then tightened the stud with a 10mm socket. A bit of wood came in handy to trap the 7mm against the car body as it tightened , much easier than expected.
The fiddliest part was refitting the plastic trim as it has press stud type things that need aligning properly. the job took about 1.5 hours.

ye thats the problem matey how would that work then will the nutsert expand as i wind the bolt in

yes it works easy, as long as your slightly more dynamic than Mr Muscle.. or Dave (he's a bit crap at man stuff too )

try this too ... trust me its easy .... http://www.x-eng.co.uk/rivnut.asp At work
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Last edited by chicken george on 17th Oct 2009 9:17 pm. Edited 3 times in total

A rivnut does expand once a bolts tightened, bit like a rivet, but the bolt does the pulling instead of the bit of wire in the standard rivet.

I would go to a local garage and ask if he could just do the rivnuts for you of eBay a rivnut tool on the cheap Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

chicken george wrote:

yes it works easy, as long as your slightly more dynamic than Mr Muscle.. or Dave (he's a bit crap at man stuff too )

try this too ... trust me its easy .... http://www.x-eng.co.uk/rivnut.asp

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