Types and features of door sills
Door sills are the most affordable way to radically transform the look of your vehicle. This is an inexpensive but effective car tuning. This detail performs both aesthetic and practical function. The accessory not only modernizes the car, making its design more modern and stylish. Protective door sills protect the metal parts of the interior from corrosive damage.
Advantages of overlays
Buying door sills is worth it for a number of reasons, they are:
- protect the inside of the car threshold from dust, dirt, moisture;
- do not allow scratches, cracks, chips and dents to appear on the surface of the thresholds. Provide additional protection against mechanical damage;
- able to hide existing defects. If the threshold is damaged, then it makes sense to purchase car door sills in order to save money. It becomes possible to avoid additional expenses for painting;
- are inexpensive and available to everyone.
Types of overlays
Car door sills differ in the material of manufacture, design, and method of attachment. The following variations are presented in the DDaudio online store:
- plastic;
- steel;
- chrome-plated;
- fiberglass.
Plastic door sills are the most affordable, for this reason they are the most popular. The disadvantage is the fragility of the product - the service life will not exceed two or three years due to the fragility of the material of manufacture (there is no resistance to mechanical stress).
Decorative door sills made of steel and chrome-plated look more impressive, have a long service life, are not afraid of mechanical stress and high humidity. The disadvantage is the high cost of the product. If you are not ready to change your car door sills every month, then you should purchase steel protection.
Fiberglass overlays are the golden mean between the first and second options. Threshold protection is durable and durable, has a low weight, and is inexpensive. It is important to consider that the material may become cracked due to frost, heat and sudden temperature changes.
Design features
Based on the design features, the lining can be:
- model;
- universal.
Model protective equipment is suitable for the transport of certain brands of models. In order to buy pads for a specific car, specify its model and brand.
Universal door sills are installed for cars of any year of manufacture, make and model. The country of manufacture of the vehicle does not matter.
Which brand to prefer
The market offers premium, medium and budget class products. If European-quality products are not affordable for everyone, and the Chinese fake, although cheap, is of poor quality, then the linings of the Turkish brands Omsa and Carmos of the middle class are the golden mean. They are inexpensive and the quality is not inferior to European counterparts.
When choosing a brand, consider the following distinctive qualities of Turkish overlays:
- Omsa linings are made of stainless steel, which contains a high chromium content. The thickness of the moldings is 0.7mm. The kit comes with adhesive tape and a primer. Both front pads and a complete set of thresholds are sold (rear ones are sold along with the front ones). The installation process will take on the strength of 25 minutes (10 minutes for preparation and 15 for installation). The advantage is that the products do not form a magnetic field, they fit as tightly as possible to the base (the risk of corrosion formations is minimized);
- lining "Carmos" are made of Turkish stainless steel. The thickness is 0.5 mm. The kit comes with a body kit and adhesive tape. Installation takes 25 minutes. Products are magnetic, there are small gaps during installation, they have a shorter service life than their counterparts of the Omsa trademark.
Brand | Production material | Sheet thickness, mm | Equipment | Preparation and installation time, min | Peculiarities |
Omsa | Stainless steel with a high chromium content | 0.7 | Front (front and rear) pads, tape and primer | 25 | The advantage is that the products do not form a magnetic field, they fit as tightly as possible to the base (the risk of corrosion formations is minimized) |
Carmos | Turkish stainless steel | 0.5 | Pads front and rear, body kit, adhesive tape | 25 | Products are magnetic, there are small gaps during installation, they have a shorter service life than their counterparts of the Omsa trademark |
We order pads in the online store
In the DDaudio store you can order chrome bumpers of domestic and western production. Only original and certified products are presented. Just go to the company's website, indicate the make and model of your car, indicate the price range of products. You can order overlays both expensive (of the "elite" class) and budget (at an affordable cost).
Not only residents of Kyiv will be able to buy car accessories at the most attractive price in the store - delivery is carried out throughout Ukraine.






































