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Hey guys, 

 

To remedy to the cheap paint chipping at the bottom of my doors I'm looking at getting a wrap like in the picture. Trying to get pricing now but out of town. Any of you guys would have an extra minute to measure from the bottom of the door to the bottom of molding? Thanks in advance.

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14 minutes ago, JerryCanada said:

Hey guys, 

 

To remedy to the cheap paint chipping at the bottom of my doors I'm looking at getting a wrap like in the picture. Trying to get pricing now but out of town. Any of you guys would have an extra minute to measure from the bottom of the door to the bottom of molding? Thanks in advance.

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bottom of door to bottom of molding    8"  , I check twice 

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1 minute ago, JerryCanada said:

Thanks bud.

Your Welcome - Have you price Line-x ??? Something to think about .

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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Mudflaps with the factory rectangular running boards = no chips. 

 

(aftermarket flat boards should give the same result)

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20 minutes ago, redwngr said:

Mudflaps with the factory rectangular running boards = no chips. 

 

(aftermarket flat boards should give the same result)

Have the mudflaps but not the running boards for extra clearance. I drive a lot of gravel roads and this is where the issue comes from.

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5 minutes ago, MBSierra17 said:

I'm pretty sure the running boards sit higher than the frame. Doesn't really affect ground clearance, but I'll check later. 

They possibly are. But the places we sometimes go, they still get thorn off.

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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My farm trucks have been running with the boards in place without issue for may years --  and live on gravel roads.

 

Years ago, when the bottom of the body was lower relative to the frame adding boards (usually aftermarket - remember the ones that went from wheel to wheel well?) clearance was often an issue.  In that era lots of trucks around here were running with damaged boards from bottoming out.

 

Have had zero issues on the 2011+ vehicles.  

 

Protection from gravel is the main reason I run the GM factory rectangular ones.  If I do ever damage one I will replace it. 

 

Obviously YMMV, and in fairness much of the farm time was with the HD trucks, but it might be worth giving them another try. 

Pickups are quite a bit higher than they used to be.

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3 hours ago, Vetteran said:

This is the distance on my 2016 Silverado;

 

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Thanks for that. They quoted me $280 installed to cover under the molding and the rocker. It's 3M material so should last awhile. 

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5 hours ago, Waterfowler41 said:

What about wider mud flaps? I️ have a set of these on their way. I had them on my last truck, durable as hell. You can get up to 14” wide mud flaps.

https://duraflap.com/truck-model/gmc/model-1500-gmc/2014-current-model-1500-model-1500-gmc/

Wide is good, but stones get driven up from where the tire meets the 'gravel'.

Draw a line from where the tire touches the road, and then just miss the bottom of the mudflap and you'll likely hit paint on the rocker -- it will be further back, but to protect the paint on the rocker a board (or other method) will still be required.

 

A mudflap that is to low enough to block this line will either get ripped off on rough terrain and/or will flip up stones when running on gravel. 

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20 hours ago, slj2008 said:

Your Welcome - Have you price Line-x ??? Something to think about .

Yes I did. It was around $1,200 for black and then a few hundred extra if I wanted color match. 

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