Removing side strakes

[kbooker]

Apologies if I'm going over old ground, any advice on how to remove side strakes from a Vantage greatly received.....thank you

[Handyman2009]

- Raise the car
- remove front tire
- remove inner fender liner
- remove the 3 nuts that secure the mesh to the side strake
- then you have 1 bolt that can be access once the door is open and the nut from within the wheel well
- repeat for the other side

On my car (Canadian) I had to loosen the bracket for the Computer inside the fender as it was blocking access on my passenger side.

Not very hard just time consuming, I had removed my mesh to paint them black and was going to do the strakes also but decided against it for now

[Mansfield]

If you turn the steering wheel full lock it is possible to do this without jacking up the car and removing the wheel.

You can then remove 2 screws in the liner at the top and rear to allow you to move the liner enough to get access to the nuts as described above.

Be prepared to lose a little skin it's quite tight in there.

Edited by Mansfield on Monday 1st August 18:57

[kbooker]

Thank you gents

[leerandle]

Mansfield said:

If you turn the steering wheel full lock it is possible to do this without jacking up the car and removing the wheel.

You can then remove 2 screws in the liner at the top and rear to allow you to move the liner enough to get access to the nuts as described above.

Be prepared to lose a little skin it's quite tight in there.

Edited by Mansfield on Monday 1st August 18:57

Is that because you got sausage fingers ???? tehehe

[Mansfield]

leerandle said:

Is that because you got sausage fingers ???? tehehe

So your missus says

[AdamV12V]

Won't the car look a bit silly with the side strakes removed!?

[kbooker]

AdamV12V said:

Won't the car look a bit silly with the side strakes removed!?

probably, gonna wrap them, trying to get a look I'm happy with that works with the set of lightweight alloys I've fitted, first attempt didn't work....lol

[Handyman2009]

If you are looking to have them Black you could PlastiDip them... much easier than wrap and also removable

[inversionlayer]

How did you guys manage to get access to the old in the door jamb? I'm looking for a small enough torx wrench to get in there but haven't been able to find one that can make the clearance.

[telum01]

Use a wobble socket to get to the one in the door jamb, and put a layer or two of painter's tape around that area to protect the paint.

[inversionlayer]

Thanks!

[chrisstern]

Does anyone know if it’s easy to replace indicator side repeaters when they’re embedded in the side strake as they are on my DBS?

[LiquidPT]

Handyman2009 said:

On my car (Canadian) I had to loosen the bracket for the Computer inside the fender as it was blocking access on my passenger side.

Thank you! I started with the passenger side and have been cursing up a storm trying to figure out what tool I could fit in there that would be usable and not lose the nut in the process. This was exactly the tip I needed.

[AstonV]

LiquidPT said:

Thank you! I started with the passenger side and have been cursing up a storm trying to figure out what tool I could fit in there that would be usable and not lose the nut in the process. This was exactly the tip I needed.

When I installed, I tied a thread to the nut and tied to my wrist in case it slipped out of my fingers. I could only get 2 fingers in there to install, that was with the inside computer loose.

[EVR]

kbooker said:

probably, gonna wrap them, trying to get a look I'm happy with that works with the set of lightweight alloys I've fitted, first attempt didn't work....lol

We would love to see some pics!