Fitting side protection strips on a 106  
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How many times have you seen that some one smashed his door agains an other vehicle?.... And how often did it happen on your car? This article describes how you can fit side protection strips on a 106 GTi, S16, Rallye, Sport or Quiksilver. Since the 2nd quarter of 1998 they aren't standard any more on these models. Sad, as they are very usefull.

DISCLAIMER: The following quick guide can ruin your car! Beware that you have to measure every thing very well. www.Peugeotperformance.net nor the author is responsible for any damages caused to your car when you follow the steps written in this article. This guide just gives an idea how the side protection strips can be fitted, and how it is done on some 106s.

  Tools & Parts
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Peugeot parts:
  • 8547E5
  • 8547E6
  • 8545G7
  • 8545G8
    		•  Tools:
  • boring machine
  • 3 mm bore
  • 6 mm bore
  • 10 mm bore
  • 13 mm bore
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  • under coating
  • cord
  • measuring tape
  • duck tape
  • a marker
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      Step 1
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    Bind the cord to the tow-rings at the front and rear bumper. Make sure that the cord is on top of the front and rear bumper strips.

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    Place the duck tape on the side of the car as shown on the pictures.

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    Remove the brackets of the strips. Study the side protections strips very well. As you can see on the door strips, one of the brackets is just a bit lower/higher then the rest (2 mm). Keep this in mind when you have to draw the points for where you have to bore.

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    Draw a line on the duck tape at the exact height of the cord. The points where to bore are about 3 cm lower than the 'cord-line'. Draw a line at that height as well. Place the brackets back on the side protection strips. Hold the side protection strips near the lower line at measure where to make the holes. Do this again, to make sure that you have measured every thing correctly.

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    When you are absolutely sure that all points are marked correctly you can start boring the holes. When you start, there will be no way back. Start with a 3 mm bore. When you're done, bore the holes again with a 6 mm bore. After this do it again with a 10 mm bore. The brackets are 10 mm, so don't go bigger!.

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    Use the 13 mm bore for removing the wire-edges created by the 10 mm bore. Do this by hand, as shown on the picture above. Use a steel protection product (example Valma undercoating) for protecting the holes from water.

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    Remove the duck tape and fit the side protection strip. After this is done, you can continu with the rest.

      The result
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    Article written by Michel van der Heiden.