M Door sill protection?

twinturbomann · 03-19-2019, 01:55 PM

I have yet to take pull the blue film which is protecting my M door sills from scratches. My other car that has similar silver door sills and they have been murdered/scratched from various passengers... women in heels.

Does anyone have any methods for clearly protecting the door sills?

TT

frank19x5 · 03-19-2019, 02:02 PM

AndroidRobot · 03-19-2019, 04:12 PM

Easy, I never step on them

MystroX5 · 03-19-2019, 04:17 PM

My last ride had lighted SS steps. I taught my kids and wife how to always step over them when getting in and out. Clear protective film would work but would be visible. You could get a pro shop to put it on for better results.

Hernasty · 03-19-2019, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by AndroidRobot

Easy, I never step on them

+1

gtank · 03-19-2019, 10:04 PM

I'm thinking about having a shop put XPEL on them.

I step over them, but the f-ing dealer/service does not...

MystroX5 · 03-20-2019, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by gtank

I'm thinking about having a shop put XPEL on them.

I step over them, but the f-ing dealer/service does not...

When you take it in for service, run a strip of 2” blue painters tape over the step. It would take 30 seconds to do the front 2 steps.

Doc5513 · 03-20-2019, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MystroX5

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Originally Posted by gtank

I'm thinking about having a shop put XPEL on them.

I step over them, but the f-ing dealer/service does not...

When you take it in for service, run a strip of 2” blue painters tape over the step. It would take 30 seconds to do the front 2 steps.

....or just not worry about it because it's a car and it's gonna get scratched if you use it?😬😘

drilling · 03-20-2019, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by gtank

I'm thinking about having a shop put XPEL on them.

I step over them, but the f-ing dealer/service does not...

Oh yeah those f**kers don't give a shit about someone else's car.

ZuerstBMW · 03-30-2019, 09:37 PM

I just had them leave the plastic on mine as well. I love how it comes with the illuminated door sills.

onefishtwofish · 06-01-2019, 07:46 PM

Does anyone know what the part number is for the M door sill? Mine is all scratched up, thinking about swapping them out with new ones.

rmorin1249 · 06-01-2019, 07:59 PM

You can buy Xpel strips that will work pretty well. I have them on my Corvette. When they get scuffed up, pull them off and put on new ones.

Qsilver7 · 06-01-2019, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by onefishtwofish

Does anyone know what the part number is for the M door sill? Mine is all scratched up, thinking about swapping them out with new ones.

Since you give no model info...no one can look up the info in one of the part databases for you...so you'll have to look it up by clicking on the link below. Enter the last 7 digits of your VIN, then work your way to the VEHICLE TRIM diagrams to find the one that has the sills...then scroll down to get the correct 11 digit BMW part number:

https://bimmercat.com

{#7 is the front (M) & #13 is the rear (M)}

onefishtwofish · 06-01-2019, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Qsilver7

Since you give no model info...no one can look up the info in one of the part databases for you...so you'll have to look it up by clicking on the link below. Enter the last 7 digits of your VIN, then work your way to the VEHICLE TRIM diagrams to find the one that has the sills...then scroll down to get the correct 11 digit BMW part number:

https://bimmercat.com

{#7 is the front (M) & #13 is the rear (M)}

Forgot to mention it's a 40i with M sport package. Thanks for the link, this is very helpful.

Qsilver7 · 06-01-2019, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by onefishtwofish

Forgot to mention it's a 40i with M sport package. Thanks for the link, this is very helpful.

Thanks for the model info....if you haven't found it yet...the diagram is in section 51. Here's a direct link...again its #7 & #13: https://bimmercat.com/bmw/EN/search/...iX/USA/51_A143

maczrool · 06-02-2019, 06:11 AM

I’ve got a metal polishing kit with various cloth backed sandpaper grits made for metal. When the asshole techs would grind their gritty shoe soles onto my door sills I would usually end up sanding out the scratches and then bringing the scratch pattern back to the original factory finish by working my way through several grits. It looks like that technique would not work here though because I’d end up scratching the M inserts in the process. The middle part with the mirror finish would be hard to bring back scratch free too.

Are the strips made of stainless steel? Somewhere I saw aluminum but they don’t look like aluminum on my X5.

1230vani · 04-29-2024, 03:36 AM

Looking into putting PPF by the detailer on the door sills. Would that help? Sensitive to this as on previous car F15 sills were pretty scratched up (not on drivers side of course

1230vani · 04-29-2024, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by 1230vani

Looking into putting PPF by the detailer on the door sills. Would that help? Sensitive to this as on previous car F15 sills were pretty scratched up (not on drivers side of course

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Originally Posted by rmorin1249

You can buy Xpel strips that will work pretty well. I have them on my Corvette. When they get scuffed up, pull them off and put on new ones.

Ordered Xpel strips for door sills. Thanks for the advice

MADBMWX5MC · 04-29-2024, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by 1230vani

Looking into putting PPF by the detailer on the door sills. Would that help? Sensitive to this as on previous car F15 sills were pretty scratched up (not on drivers side of course

It helps, I did just that.

E91toG05 · 04-29-2024, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ZuerstBMW

I just had them leave the plastic on mine as well. I love how it comes with the illuminated door sills.

So you are driving around a fancy luxury car with the shitty plastic wrap intended to be removed upon delivery? You realize they make it blue so that you see it and remove it? Why bother making it aluminum? They could have just made all the trim out of blue disposable protective plastic wrap.

E91toG05 · 04-29-2024, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Doc5513

....or just not worry about it because it's a car and it's gonna get scratched if you use it?😬😘

One million percent this. I mean - it’s a car. Also, 99% of the people in here will be done with this car in, say, 4 years. Just enjoy it and don’t spend your life trying to protect it.

crabman · 04-29-2024, 09:44 AM

Nah, i quick bit of xpel is cheap, easy, and works fine.

I know this is going to sound like crazy talk, but what would be wrong with door sills designed to be stepped on without scratching? I mean why put a piece of soft metal there that practically says "step on me" and make it out of a soft easily scratched material? Don't get that one.

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