side molding - remove or leave on
02-26-2012, 12:23 PM
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side molding - remove or leave on
The title says it all.... More than likely it's probably a personal preference, right? Its main function seems to be to prevent door dings in the parking lot. ?
02-26-2012, 12:26 PM
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the one on my ds front door started to warp and stuck out eventually, and cought on the fender caving it in a little
needless to say they're all gone now and i never looked back
needless to say they're all gone now and i never looked back
02-26-2012, 05:44 PM
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I hated the look of mine. So I took it off. It looks like crap right now so I'm gunna be sanding it all down soon and then spraying it with bedliner. A lot of guys have done that before and I dig the looks of it
02-26-2012, 06:43 PM
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My side mouldings are slowly pulling away on my 99. Not sure what I'm going to do. Will price out new mouldings and decide from there.......
02-26-2012, 08:06 PM
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I took the molding off the rear panels. However, I left the molding on the doors. You don't know how many times my doors have accidently tapped something while being opened. Molding protects a little lol.
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02-26-2012, 08:55 PM
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Take them off. I was nervous at first but I just ripped one off and didn't look back. Use a heat gun and a rag to get the glue residue off from where the trim was.
02-26-2012, 09:06 PM
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take it off and bedline it. mine collected dirt and held moisture making it rot out 
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