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chicken george wrote:

did you saw the handle off the riv-nut tool?

I have/had nothing against the bloke it was simply a joke to be friendly after his non too friendly welcome to the forum.

And if youve done the rivnuts you will understand that chopping the handle off wouldnt be silly, its an awkward job, so kind of an in joke At work
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Need helps here. Brought a set from this guy but my workshop guy told me that the bracket is wrong. Can anyone share With me how to mount the side step? The set comes with a L shape black bracket & a straight joint.

I'll look at my spare parts from my second set of bars for you in a while and take a photo of it Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

try this.....https://acrobat.com/app.html#d=bb6N8Gv0Srankvfxi1RMQQ

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npinks wrote:

I'll look at my spare parts from my second set of bars for you in a while and take a photo of it

This is the set I have purchase

1) side steps




2) mounting brackets


My workshop claims that the black bracket does not fit into the mounting of the car. Anyone purchase from eBay got installation issue?

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Thanks to all for sharing the information, installation done!!

sorry forgot to take the picture, but mine are side bars not steps so would have been of no use

glad to hear that you are sorted  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

sorry forgot to take the picture, but mine are side bars not steps so would have been of no use

glad to hear that you are sorted

npinks wrote:

Thanks for the advice everybody

my dealer has quoted £68 to fit so i shall allow them the pleasure

If anybody else is looking for original side bars the chap i bought them from has another set available in black and also a chrome set (£250 starting bid)

I got mine (Black) for £127 inc p&p posted monday arrived tuesday

better than the dealer price of £285+vat plus fitting

eBay Item Number eBay Item No. 220171778422

Hello, first post and it's a 'please help!' sorry about that!

I'm looking to fit side steps as well, local garage want 3 hours labour (£50 p/h) but frankly the only bit I'm really concerned about is this rivnut thingy. Supposing making my own isn't an option as anyone come up with a workaround?

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Just added side steps, replaced the yellow side lights & body coloured handle and wing mirror covers. Now for the spoiler!

ad210358 wrote:

Rivnuts were quite simple even without the proper Rivnut Setter. Got to agree with CG on the "Tricky Little Suckers" probably the most time consuming part, also with vectis on the time one and half hours for the first then 30 mins for the second. Fitted a lot easier than I was led to believe glad I didn't pay for it to be done.

Tell us about how the rivnuts proved to be simple please!!  HSE, td4 - Stornoway Grey - full alpaca interior - 2011 front facelift - privacy glass.
Just added side steps, replaced the yellow side lights & body coloured handle and wing mirror covers. Now for the spoiler!

They are simple enough, just needs a bit of spannering, worst part is crawling under the car. the rivnets alone dont hold the brackets on,they just hold things firm, there are existing threaded holes already on the car for the main mounting bolts At work
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chicken george wrote:

They are simple enough, just needs a bit of spannering, worst part is crawling under the car. the rivnets alone dont hold the brackets on,they just hold things firm, there are existing threaded holes already on the car for the main mounting bolts