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Don't have a pic yet but I love they way mine looks without those ugly hunks of black rubber taped to the sides :chevy: . Here's the catch; I uncovered a previous paint touch up on the rocker panel so now there's a 12" line of overspray and a small dednt I now have to get fixed ($400-$700 I'm being told) :thumbs: . Still looks better, though! The tape is a pain in the pooper to get off, I spent about half the day doing this. :jester:

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Don't have a pic yet but I love they way mine looks without those ugly hunks of black rubber taped to the sides :jester: .  Here's the catch; I uncovered a previous paint touch up on the rocker panel so now there's a 12" line of overspray and a small dednt I now have to get fixed ($400-$700 I'm being told) :chevy: .  Still looks better, though!  The tape is a pain in the pooper to get off, I spent about half the day doing this.  :wtf:

 

 

 

 

 

3M company makes a rubber wheel that can be mounted to a power drill or die grinder that's made specifically for removing residue like that without damaging the paint. I removed the dumb looking tailgate extension from my '03 and that wheel came in mighty handy. :thumbs:

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Don't have a pic yet but I love they way mine looks without those ugly hunks of black rubber taped to the sides :jester: .  Here's the catch; I uncovered a previous paint touch up on the rocker panel so now there's a 12" line of overspray and a small dednt I now have to get fixed ($400-$700 I'm being told) :lurk: .  Still looks better, though!  The tape is a pain in the pooper to get off, I spent about half the day doing this.  :flag:

 

 

 

 

Hah, thats exactly why I never removed them on my T/A. My truck looks comepletly factory though. I'd like to see some pictures first though.

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Yeaaaa....there we go, now you just need some red tahoe doorhandles and maybe a chrome stepbar. Looks pretty d**n clean...gonna have to study my truck now. Did you just use a hairdryer, industrial heat gun, or just let it sit in the sun?

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I did it at the end of a hot day. mine went real easy. gettin the rest of the goop off was a pain. my thumb worked best, then some adhesive remover. And i think i want some black wheels and black nerfs.

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Does anyone have any pics of a 99-02 Truck with moldings removed ?

 

The '03+ looks pimp for sure.. Just wanna see a 99-02 Truck in the buff :lurk:

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I'm one of the fellas whose truck suffers from the huge dimples under the body side moulding...

 

My dealer ordered replacements (under warranty) and called yesterday to tell me that he could replace them on Wednesday but that they'd need it 8 hours to do the job. I laughed as he said the longest part was removing the old ones. Well, I asked if I could remove them to speed up the process and he said it was at my risk and any damage would be on my dime. I agreed.

 

Last night, it took me less than 20 minutes to remove both sides. Mine are the ones that are painted to match the truck paint color. I used my Makita heat gun on a setting of 5 and high fan, and waved it back and forth across the moulding. I started from the back and worked forward. I was doing this outside where the air temp was approximately 50 degrees. I heated up the first six inches so that I could use my fingers to pry it off a little so as to get a good hand hold on the moulding. Kept moving forward until it was off and then started on the front door. I did this for all four doors...no residue left on the paint except for some clear, silicone type glue material. I used Goof Off (a citrus based cleaner) to remove it and all is like new.

 

I saved the old moulding as the dealer wanted it but was surprised to find the dimples are caused by a bar code type label that specifies the type of trim.

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