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underbody holes

Tech Talk for Nissan owners.

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underbody holes

Post by dwaynes »

Guys was removing my side steps the other day and noticed a lot of holes in the underbody of the body they are all holes that have had screws or bolts through at some stage.

What i am wondering is how everyone else goes at plugging these up
do you
1. use silicone
2. put bolts back in to fill hole
3. buy rubber gromets to fill holes


i am looking at just filling with silicone so i dont get water in
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Post by Area54 »

Factory side steps? get some rubber grommets, either from super cheap, or the wreckers from same model.
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Post by blkmav »

I used flashing with the sticky ashphalt back
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Post by shortgq »

If their small holes, like the ones i had, screws, etc i used rivets and then sprayed both sides (inside and out) with cavity wax to seal them up fully
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Post by bazzle »

I used silicone with a bit of tape over the top side under mats.

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Post by Steve_GQ »

How can the water get out if you block all the holes ;)
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Post by X-R-Cist »

if you block all the holes, no water can get in, so you dont need to worry about that :)
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Post by shakes »

use automotive/steel sikaflex not silicone its more paintable. but a bigger bonus is it wont cause your car body to rust out! which your everyday silicone will
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