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Guide for removing trim in preparation for fitting sliders

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professorpool

Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
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2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Java Black

Guide for removing trim in preparation for fitting sliders

Is there a guide somewhere for removing the trim from the disco - prior to fitting rock sliders?

I can find the guides that all seem to start after the trim has been removed?

Don't want to damage anything unnecessarily...

Thank you in advance!

D3 07 SE - still going strong
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17th Sep 2018 12:32 pm

JonM

Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1236

2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Santorini Black

From memory....There's two screws in the rear wheel arch that need removing, then the black plastic clips along the underside.

After that it's just held on by poppers, just needs brute force and swearing. The little poppers are two-piece clips the head will pop off leaving the little yellow bit still in the car. These need removing....that will really get you swearing at them! You will break all of the little yellow bu&&ers! MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - with extra nice bits added
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17th Sep 2018 12:40 pm

professorpool

Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213

Ha ha!

OK cheers...

Got the black plastic clips off now - do you know what head the screws in the arches are?

I'm too blind to see lol D3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven

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17th Sep 2018 1:07 pm

JonM

Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1236

Phillips (or Pozi) 2 I think. MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - with extra nice bits added
MY2019 D5 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - sold to a dealer for a crazy price! - So good I bought another!
MY2012 D4 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - retired to a new home

17th Sep 2018 1:09 pm

TigerRecovery

Member Since: 31 May 2017
Location: Long Stratton, Norwich, Norfolk
Posts: 901

2016 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 Landmark LE Auto Waitomo Grey

Use a small hammer and a sharp chisel and just knock the top part off the clips. The remaining part will go inside the sill but it's not going to do any damage.

You might need to get an M8 Tap to allow you to clean the threads out first, especially the ones underneath as they'll be full of road dirt.

You will also need to copperslip the bolts when inserting to prevent any corrosion causing issues when needing to remove in the future. 1972 Range Rover Classic 2 door V8
2013 Land Rover Discovery 4 HSE - SCRAPPED
2016 Land Rover Discovery 4 Landmark
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17th Sep 2018 1:52 pm

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