strange plastic grommet

geo.k23 · 7th February 2021, 11:13

Hi all i am awaiting lockdown getting eased so i can take my tourer ro get the o/s rear sill repaired as there is a bit of rust around that area what i was wanting to know is a couple of months ago a friend had the car on his ramp looking at the sill he was poking around the area i didn't pay much attention to what he was doing but at one point he handed me a white plastic grommet saying do you want that he never said where it came from or what it was and i didn't give it a second thought but recently it has had me thinking especially with the weather we have been getting was the grommet a plug to keep out muck and water from wherever he got it from as i say hopefully it won't be to long before i can get the car in for repair but in the meantime is there any importance of the grommet i have mentioned thanks in advance

trikey · 7th February 2021, 11:17

Do you have a pic?

geo.k23 · 7th February 2021, 11:20

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Originally Posted by trikey

Do you have a pic?

sorry triikey i actually threw it away not thinking 😭

Sonic ZS · 7th February 2021, 18:25

Did he find it in the sill, near the jacking point ? If so, and if it was oblong, about an inch long, it may have been from the top of the sill where the kick strip clips in (the plastic trims you can see when you open a door).

I'm pretty certain there's a number of these used in the upper part of the outer sill skin to hold the spring-steel clips that the sill trim lugs push down into. And from memory I'm sure they're white.

Could have fallen down inside the sill section some time and your friend, poking around, found it ???

But without a bit more info, it's hard to say !

geo.k23 · 7th February 2021, 18:40

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Originally Posted by Sonic ZS

Did he find it in the sill, near the jacking point ? If so, and if it was oblong, about an inch long, it may have been from the top of the sill where the kick strip clips in (the plastic trims you can see when you open a door).

I'm pretty certain there's a number of these used in the upper part of the outer sill skin to hold the spring-steel clips that the sill trim lugs push down into. And from memory I'm sure they're white.

Could have fallen down inside the sill section some time and your friend, poking around, found it ???

But without a bit more info, it's hard to say !

i dont have it now from what i remember it was white about an inch cant remember whether it was round or oblong it seemd to come from the jacking point area thanks

Ian G · 7th February 2021, 21:25

OH NO!! Have you never read this in your handbook.
If you ever find a white round/oblong plastic thingy about an inch long in the sill of your Rover 75.. DO NOT I repeat DO NOT throw it away..:
Sorry but someone had to say it..

geo.k23 · 7th February 2021, 21:28

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Originally Posted by Ian G

OH NO!!
If you ever find a white round/oblong plastic thingy about an inch long in the sill of your Rover 75.. DO NOT I repeat DO NOT throw it away..:
Sorry but someone had to say it..getmecoat:

you've got me worried now ian

Ian G · 7th February 2021, 21:34

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Originally Posted by geo.k23

you've got me worried now ian

Here ya go take your pick..
https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-GRID001799

geo.k23 · 7th February 2021, 21:40

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Originally Posted by Ian G

Here ya go take your pick..
https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-GRID001799

thanks ian

rab60bit · 8th February 2021, 16:42

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Originally Posted by geo.k23

thanks ian

Well, it's your post help us out, did you recognise any of those?

7th February 2021, 11:13	#1
geo.k23 Loves to post Rover 75 Tourer CDT Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Alexandria Posts: 468 Thanks: 451 Thanked 30 Times in 30 Posts	strange plastic grommet Hi all i am awaiting lockdown getting eased so i can take my tourer ro get the o/s rear sill repaired as there is a bit of rust around that area what i was wanting to know is a couple of months ago a friend had the car on his ramp looking at the sill he was poking around the area i didn't pay much attention to what he was doing but at one point he handed me a white plastic grommet saying do you want that he never said where it came from or what it was and i didn't give it a second thought but recently it has had me thinking especially with the weather we have been getting was the grommet a plug to keep out muck and water from wherever he got it from as i say hopefully it won't be to long before i can get the car in for repair but in the meantime is there any importance of the grommet i have mentioned thanks in advance

7th February 2021, 11:17	#2
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Sonic ZS Posted a thing or two 75 Conn CDT Tourer, 75 Conn SE V6, 75 Conn V6, 75 Conn CDTi Tourer, ZS 180 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Devon Posts: 1,986 Thanks: 1,287 Thanked 963 Times in 534 Posts	Did he find it in the sill, near the jacking point ? If so, and if it was oblong, about an inch long, it may have been from the top of the sill where the kick strip clips in (the plastic trims you can see when you open a door). I'm pretty certain there's a number of these used in the upper part of the outer sill skin to hold the spring-steel clips that the sill trim lugs push down into. And from memory I'm sure they're white. Could have fallen down inside the sill section some time and your friend, poking around, found it ??? But without a bit more info, it's hard to say ! __________________

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Ian G This is my second home Small Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Land of the Eel Posts: 6,315 Thanks: 2,328 Thanked 2,991 Times in 1,431 Posts	OH NO!! Have you never read this in your handbook. If you ever find a white round/oblong plastic thingy about an inch long in the sill of your Rover 75.. DO NOT I repeat DO NOT throw it away..: Sorry but someone had to say it.. Last edited by Ian G; 7th February 2021 at 21:29..