Rocker Panel Fiasco
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Rocker Panel Fiasco
I decided my white F150 needed a little pizazz.
I ordered stainless rocker moldings and here is my story.
I cleaned all the wax off so I would get good adhesion. The first piece went on as easy as the directions said.
The next three pieces fit like a glove.
I ran into my first problem on the fifth piece,the one behind the wheelwell. It was a little to big and overlapped the black chip guard. I called the vendor and they said I would hear back soon.
The more I looked at the truck the more I wanted my white truck back. I called the vendor back to find out how to get the molding off, I didn't like the answer " it's not made to come off, it's made to stay on". They told me to get a pair of pliers and start pulling!
I could only pull back a few inches at a time and cut it off with tin snips. It left a lot of glue that my wife scraped off with her fingers.
In the end it cost me over $140.00 and a one inch scratch under my drivers door. I put touch up paint on it and it isn't too noticeable. This stuff would never fall off in the car wash or blow off at 200mph. This is all thats left of it now.
I think I'll just leave the truck stock till I trade it five years from now. My wifes blisters are healing and I have a nice set of rocker moldings for the right side of a 04 F150 if anyone is interested.
I ordered stainless rocker moldings and here is my story.
I cleaned all the wax off so I would get good adhesion. The first piece went on as easy as the directions said.
The next three pieces fit like a glove.
I ran into my first problem on the fifth piece,the one behind the wheelwell. It was a little to big and overlapped the black chip guard. I called the vendor and they said I would hear back soon.
The more I looked at the truck the more I wanted my white truck back. I called the vendor back to find out how to get the molding off, I didn't like the answer " it's not made to come off, it's made to stay on". They told me to get a pair of pliers and start pulling!
I could only pull back a few inches at a time and cut it off with tin snips. It left a lot of glue that my wife scraped off with her fingers.
In the end it cost me over $140.00 and a one inch scratch under my drivers door. I put touch up paint on it and it isn't too noticeable. This stuff would never fall off in the car wash or blow off at 200mph. This is all thats left of it now.
I think I'll just leave the truck stock till I trade it five years from now. My wifes blisters are healing and I have a nice set of rocker moldings for the right side of a 04 F150 if anyone is interested.
Last edited by OTHG_MIKE; May 24, 2004 at 05:50 PM. Reason: spelling
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Man that sux, I would have been freaking out when I was told " it's not made to come off"! If you're looking for a little something extra, I'd opt for a chrome bull bar (westin), a low profile diamond plate toolbox (UWS), tint the windows, and a polished aluminum gas door. I've saw pictures of the bull bar installed and it looks very sharp IMO, I"ve got a black on installed on my red FX4.
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I'm just going to get a set of those orange safety cones and put it around the truck in parking lots so I don't do any more damage to it. 
I had my last truck 2 1/2 years and not a scratch,had this one three weeks and I scratch it myself. Maybe I'll just trade it in.
I had my last truck 2 1/2 years and not a scratch,had this one three weeks and I scratch it myself. Maybe I'll just trade it in.
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Originally Posted by OTHG_MIKE
...I had my last truck 2 1/2 years and not a scratch,had this one three weeks and I scratch it myself. Maybe I'll just trade it in.
Have you considered having a body shop two-tone the lower part of the truck? That would dress it up and fix the scratch.
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