vent caps!!!

[coopiesb]

bought the smooth vent covers for the back and they dont fit..... they rub agaisnt the lift gate when it comes down...... ordered them from stillen and they said i have to take a pic or video of them rubbing to get a refund or replacment ive never heard of this before??

 

[nytahoe]

is it rubbing bad or can you just make then clear?

 

[ecordell]

If they are gonna be dicks about it like that, I would take the pics up close (have someone hold the lift gate where it hits them and then send them the pics). Then I'd tell them to send the cash back including the shipping.

 

[coopiesb]

it rubs bad....... thats what im going to do but its like a picture really ive never heard of that before.......kinda threw me off has anybody else had this??

 

[nytahoe]

i had my stock one paint what i had my 03. u know they will fit good... let me find a pic. think i had the saem color as u

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[coopiesb]

cant pull up the pics at work will check them out when i get off i got the smooth covers from street scene...

 

[YNOT]

they shouldn't have used soft urathane, the tabs don't snap in very good at all and there isn't a mounting clip at the bottom like stock ones. mine clear everything fine they just don't snap in well. i think the problems stem for that urathane not holding shape very well.

 

[coopiesb]

that what im guessing going to get the picture tommrow and send it to them and then wait....... good times

 

[Effeckt]

they shouldn't have used soft urathane, the tabs don't snap in very good at all and there isn't a mounting clip at the bottom like stock ones. mine clear everything fine they just don't snap in well. i think the problems stem for that urathane not holding shape very well.

Yeah I was surprised to see that as well. I hope mine clear okay. I guess I will find out soon enough. Truck goes into the shop Monday. Fingers crossed!

 

[DarkTahoe00]

Sorry to hear that man! You can buy set of old vent caps cheap and take them to a body shop and have them smoothed and painted! And they will fit hellva lot better then aftermarkets! That's what I did but I smoothed them myself and them sprayed! Just option for ya.

 

[YNOT]

you filled your stock ones?

 

[kirkpatrickdg]

what did you use to fill in the voids bondo?

 

[nytahoe]

you can tape off the front and fill the rear in with fiber glass and sand the front smooth and paint.

 

[TJ1987]

SMOOTH OUT YOUR OEMS OR BUY AN EXTRA PAIR OFF EBAY AMD SMOOTH THEM OUT with fiberglass and bondo AND PAINT THEM. Thats wat i did it cost me less than 50 and i painted them myself.

 

[DarkTahoe00]

you filled your stock ones?

what did you use to fill in the voids bondo?

No I bought a set off Ebay for 10bucks then I sanded them and then tape the areas I didn't won't Bondo and I taped the back of the vent holes then I filled the holes in pressing it down in the holes so they were completely filled and then I let the bondo get semi hard and removed the tape off the vent holes so it breath, then proceeded to fill the rest in. It will take several times of sand and applying more bondo to build it so there nice and smooth. once I was done I tape the front off and sprayed the back with undercoating to seal it water is the number 1 enemy to bondo so you gotta seal it good and make sure the front has no pin holes it. Well thats what I did with mine and yet to have one problem even through winter months.

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SMOOTH OUT YOUR OEMS OR BUY AN EXTRA PAIR OFF EBAY AMD SMOOTH THEM OUT with fiberglass and bondo AND PAINT THEM. Thats wat i did it cost me less than 50 and i painted them myself.

+1 on that

 

[vjr021]

Why does stillen say they won't fit a Denali???? Are they different??

 

[Narco]

i actually like the way the vent caps look, seems like most ppl prefer to have the smooth ones though

 

[BlackDenali]

Why does stillen say they won't fit a Denali???? Are they different??

I believe they do fit a denali. I have escalade vent caps but I believe Max has stillen smooth caps on his nali so..............

 

[ActSwedish]

Is there no harm done in filling them? Im thinking about the vents that are behind them.
Im gonna paint mine, and if theres no harm done ev filling them aswell

 

[Bromaguire]

I bought mine from Street Scene and they fit great for me.