Removing side trim???????
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Removing side trim???????
Can someone tell me how to do it? Talking about the pieces about 3 inches wide that start at the back of the front fender and go to the end of the bed (4 pieces to a side). Do you have to remove it with nuts from the back side? Or are they on clips? Is there a trick?
Need to fix a couple of dents and stop some rust..
Thanks, Dave
Need to fix a couple of dents and stop some rust..
Thanks, Dave
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Use a shop light to heat back where can pros have a heated scrapper. Helps it coming off. And the molding dammage if pull to hard. Good luck
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I used a piece of really strong fishing line. Wrapped each end around a screwdriver handle. Got the loop of line hooked behind the side moulding then sawed back and forth. That cut the moulding loose without damaging it. Used a rubber whell sold to remove pinstripe to get most of the residue off the truck, but finished it with papertowel and "goof off". Cleaned up real good. The back of the moulding I cleaned with a die grinder running a wire brush. 3M trim and Badge adhesive put it back after painting.
Good luck Frank
Good luck Frank
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fmr9 - that is a brilliant idea for removing the moulding! I wish I had thought about that one when I did the bodywork on my truck this past summer. I ended buying a full roll of the moulding from LMC. I am very happy with their product - it looks exactly like OEM and went on really well. I guess I wasn't too carefull with my old moulding because it was starting to look pretty tired, milky and dull - I never did find a product that would bring it back to new condition. The pinstripe removing "eraser" wheel was the ticket to peeling off the residual glue left from the original mouldings.
Cheers!
Mike
Cheers!
Mike
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I was just thinking to leave it off along with the wheelwell trim. Then putting a border along the bottom from front to back and up aroung the wheelwells (about 6" wide across the bottom and 2" over the wheels) of something like Rhino liner for protection and help hide my expertise. Anyone seen anything like that? Or am I going to just have an ugly truck?
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use a utility knife, with the blade hard out, make several passes down the moulding ( blade between sheet metal and trim), and it will fall right off. then carefully use a razor blade to remove the left over tape from each half... this is what the local body shop told me, and it works pretty good.
try not to bend the moulding, they have a metal spline on the back side of them.
try not to bend the moulding, they have a metal spline on the back side of them.
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Do not use rhino liner if you don't want the bottom of your truck to rust off. I just picked up a '92 that had this done to it at the two tone trim line and it trapped moisture. I peeled the liner up from the bottom and even in areas that appear ok, there is massive RUST!! I wouldn't do it.
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it all depends how you apply the liner
Originally Posted by murtim
Do not use rhino liner if you don't want the bottom of your truck to rust off. I just picked up a '92 that had this done to it at the two tone trim line and it trapped moisture. I peeled the liner up from the bottom and even in areas that appear ok, there is massive RUST!! I wouldn't do it.
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Somebody makes an eraser type pad that you can chuck up in any drill that will remove all the leftover adhesive tape on your body panels. You should be able to find it at any auto body store, or any parts store that has a good selection of body repair stuff. It is about 4" around and looks like one of those old erasers we had in school.
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God I hate removeing adhesive.
One of the tricks becides fishing line is to use dental floss.
They use that a lot of time to remove stickers and to remove pin stripeing.
I plan on removeing my trim permininantly however, I dont think it looks good on my black truck.
One of the tricks becides fishing line is to use dental floss.
They use that a lot of time to remove stickers and to remove pin stripeing.
I plan on removeing my trim permininantly however, I dont think it looks good on my black truck.
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