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So I snagged some doors off of an 85 F250 for my 81. It has the molding still attached at the bottom of the door. I want to remove it. Any advice on how to do that without damaging either the door or the molding? I plan to offer it on here for cost of shipping and want the pieces to remain intact.
Are you talking about the rubber and chrome moulding on the exterior of some higher trim trucks or the kick panel on the interior? A picture of the trim piece might help to be certain that you get the right instructions. There are a lot of variations between trim levels and years.
Last edited by ddeflyer; Feb 4, 2015 at 04:43 PM.
Reason: Adding more advice
It may be a combination of glue and screws. If it has some screws, they will be on the inside edge of the door front and rear.
In my experience you are not going to get the trim off without damaging it. It can get wrinkles in the chrome, and it will warp. A trick I learned from the internet to try and re-use it is after you pull it off, take the metal insert out of it. That will make it more flexible and take the warp out of it and let you be able to glue it back on with reasonable results.
My 80 had trim down there and it was held on with clips and pins welded to the door. You can tell what type you have, the trim with the clips is mostly aluminum, the trim that is glued on is mostly rubber.
Are you talking about the rubber and chrome moulding on the exterior of some higher trim trucks or the kick panel on the interior? A picture of the trim piece might help to be certain that you get the right instructions. There are a lot of variations between trim levels and years.
The first thing to do is that there are two metal nut type things, one on each end of the door (so by the hinge and by the bolt, they are actually hollow and looks sort of like a bullet or some such). You will need to unscrew those. Those two hold on the spring loaded pieces. After that the pieces are held on by some plastic clip type objects. I haven't found a better way of removing them other than just pulling up on the bottom or top edge. They don't have alot of retaining force, but it is a decent amount.
The down side is, those plastic pieces are held on by pins that are part of the door's metal. The plastic just slides off the pins, but the pins themselves look like they are part of the door so you might need to grind them off.
I will post a picture of the back side of the chrome piece when I get home in a bit.
Do you have any pictures of what the door looks like afterwards? Are there any holes in the door that need to be filled up? I plan to take my trim off here soon and if there's holes to worry about, I may have to wait.
Do you have any pictures of what the door looks like afterwards? Are there any holes in the door that need to be filled up? I plan to take my trim off here soon and if there's holes to worry about, I may have to wait.
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