A little help, please.

[Kwyjibo]

Can someone please tell me how to remove the exterior lower plastic door body panel? Someone just scraped the one on my passenger door enough to cut into the clear coat. Thanks in advance for your help.​

 

[viperhauler]

i would leave it on and have it painted on the truck...

the way to do it right is ridiculously involved... and i'm not sure you can even get the right parts from the dealer any more...

 

[Kwyjibo]

Thanks for your advice!

 

[viperhauler]

i can go into the details... i've had mine off and learned the hard way...

i just don't feel like typing a service manual

 

[Midnight Runner]

With the 04 you might brake the plastic clips in the back.

 

[viperhauler]

you will

with any year... they're all the same...

 

[Midnight Runner]

You can take the inside panel off the door and get to the clips from inside the door.

 

[viperhauler]

but you can't get to the clips that hold the actual cladding to the inside piece that's stuck to the door...

that's the one i'm talking about...

 

[Midnight Runner]

you will

with any year... they're all the same...

No sir. I had mine off, they are not the same.

 

[viperhauler]

which piece are we talking about?

i'm feeling arguementative!!

 

[Midnight Runner]

LOL nop. Just saying 04 and the 05 is not the same.

 

[viperhauler]

what piece? door cladding?

i find it hard to believe they went through a major redesign of the attachment points of the cladding anywhere???

 

[Midnight Runner]

On the black 04 the dealer painted the sided ones.

 

[Midnight Runner]

The one on the door and that one little one on the cab.

 

[Midnight Runner]

On the 05 the clips slide up. I'll show you when I see you.

 

[viperhauler]

what part are you talking about....

the door cladding mounts with one-way clamps to a plastic piece that gets 234' of two sided tape attached to the door...

as far as i know, there's no way to remove the cladding without breaking the clips... once that's off, you can see the attached piece to the door... which is basically impossible to remove without damaging...

you can barely see the edge of it in the first pic, and the second shows the cab corner piece...

what i can say is mine's NOT installed correctly because that piece on the door we didn't remove to install the clips to the new cladding... there's no way to put the clips back on the actual cladding without removing the black piece attached to the door... at least not that i could tell...

and i may have been drinking:cheers:

 

[viperhauler]

On the 05 the clips slide up. I'll show you when I see you.

i'll show you mine when i see you, too!:drool::marchmellow:

 

[Midnight Runner]

LOL, looks like you ripped them off.

 

[viperhauler]

LOL, looks like you ripped them off.

it's a controlled "rip":chain:

get back to work:marchmellow:

 

[Kwyjibo]

I believe that I will get it painted while it is on the truck. I didn't mean to start anything. Just asking advice, but I do really appreciate everyone chipping in. That's what I like about this community. Ask a question and you will get answers. Thanks again everyone!