I finally got around to the S4 skirts that I picked up…I’ve got a couple quick questions about final mounting. I’ve searched through all the DIYs, and maybe this will help some people in the future.

I used the method of mounting the rear brackets, and using industrial-strength velcro along the door sills. So I didn’t use all the mounts/screws along the subframe…



First, the under-mount….anchoring the skirts to the bottom of the car, keeping them from sagging especially right in the middle:


The 4 round discs…I see where they’re supposed to go through the holes on the side-skirt underside. I can see the holes in the car frame where they’re supposed to fit. But they don’t seem to anchor into anything…nothing for the clips to hold on to. Do I have to take the rubberized stuff off the bottom of the car?

I’ve got those 2 brackets also in the picture…I believe they mount by drilling into the pinch-weld toward the front of the car, right? I’ll plan on doing that tomorrow to firm-up the front half.


For what it’s worth…I’ve got a whole bunch of these cone-shaped things. But I think they’re only used when you do “the proper install” with the brackets, right? Also, none of the screws that came with the skirts seem to fit into them anyways.




Second…these fender end-caps (or molding caps, whatever you call them). What’s the best way to mount them? More velcro? :-)






On a related note: not sure if there’s any value or need to leave the metal clips on the side-skirts. The front ones get cut off, right?

(this skirt came with the rear tab already broken off. You can see in a picture above that I've left the rear-tab on the other one)


(remaining front tab. You can see in a picture above that the front tab was removed from the side that I mounted)


Thanks!

 

I cut the big piece off underneath, and I had a '96 so I didn't have to worry about those tabs.

I'm a lot of help, I know.

 

I've been running mine without any of the under supports hooked up and have no problems. i have been thinking about cutting them off lately. but they don't hang as low as yours.

 

Forgive the noob question, but why did your old A4 being a '96 matter? What was different?