Where can I find molding/trim for my driver door?

[JoeyCapocci]

I have a 2007 Denali and my driver side panel came off in the car wash, the dealership wants $250 for a new one and I can’t find it on eBay, any ideas?

 

[drakon543]

went to a u pull it yard for one of these last year and managed to find 2 in good shape and one that needed to be repainted.

 

[Big Mama]

If you still have it you can reapply it with 3M trim tape. If it needs paint it’s probably cheaper to paint yours. Otherwise the boneyard is your best bet. If you find a rig your color grab any other goodies you may need.

 

[OR VietVet]

First: Welcome to the forum from Oregon

Second: That must be some pressure or hella crazy brush for that panel to come off. Plus it was damaged enough that could not be reattached?

 

[Rocket Man]

Those are installed with high bond tape and hard to remove without bending them, probably why you can’t find one on EBay. @drakon543 how did you remove those at the boneyard without wrecking them?

 

[gooffeyguy]

Does fishing line work, like when removing badges?

2001 Yukon SLT
2012 Yukon Denali XL
2011 Yukon Denali RIP 5/20/18

 

[OR VietVet]

Along with heating it with a blow drier or whatever?

 

[swathdiver]

I have a 2007 Denali and my driver side panel came off in the car wash, the dealership wants $250 for a new one and I can’t find it on eBay, any ideas?

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They show up on Ebay and Amazon for about $125 each for plain black ones. If you have your old one, just clean it up and use new tape. You can buy ACDelco black paint and some Duplicolor Clear to rehab your old one or a replacement.

 

[wjburken]

When one fell off of my ‘07 Silverado Crew Cab, I said screw it and took all of them off. Thought the truck looked a lot better afterwards.

Fishing line and a heat gun got mine off pretty easily.

 

[drakon543]

Those are installed with high bond tape and hard to remove without bending them, probably why you can’t find one on EBay. @drakon543 how did you remove those at the boneyard without wrecking them?

its a wrecking yard nobody gives a crap so i just bring a long thing blade and cut it off the truck. you could probably use a similar technique used to cut free a windshield. anyway its pretty strong adhesive so it takes a couple passes to cut an edge free.

 

[Rocket Man]

its a wrecking yard nobody gives a crap so i just bring a long thing blade and cut it off the truck. you could probably use a similar technique used to cut free a windshield. anyway its pretty strong adhesive so it takes a couple passes to cut an edge free.

Oh yeah, don’t need to worry about the paint!

 

[drakon543]

Oh yeah, don’t need to worry about the paint!

well i try my best to not destroy the door but ya im not overly concerned about scratching the paint and such.

 

[Doubeleive]

roof rack end caps are what usually comes off in car washes, I've read that fishing line will take the trim pieces and badges off without trouble

 

[drakon543]

roof rack end caps are what usually comes off in car washes, I've read that fishing line will take the trim pieces and badges off without trouble

i just dont use drive through car washes anymore. even told my wife if i find out she used another one she would be using a taxi service and losing her driving privileges. shes too oblivious when it comes to the vehicles. she came home and the vehicle was obviously washed but the passenger side mirror was smacked outward. i mean how the f*** does a driver not notice that and so ya we have been in a couple of arguements just over the vehicles.

 

[OR VietVet]

She is going to be telling you that if you want vehicles washed, "DO it yourself". That is coming. LOL!

 

[drakon543]

She is going to be telling you that if you want vehicles washed, "DO it yourself". That is coming. LOL!

she does great in the house but her vehicle cleaning is terrible. id prefer it that way anyway so im good with that. so for the most part we came to an understanding. i help out like a proper household member but follow her directions on house cleaning. all i ask of her from the vehicles is to keep the trash out so i don't have extra work.

 

[OR VietVet]

Yea, I absolutely hate it when I see so much trash that it looks like the floor mats because you can't see the floor mats. I ran shops and would tell a customer that we would not be doing a heater core, tech on his back under the dash, till they cleaned out the trash and cleared the floor. The same excuse was, "Well we have kids". ********! Don't care. Clean it up.

 

[drakon543]

Yea, I absolutely hate it when I see so much trash that it looks like the floor mats because you can't see the floor mats. I ran shops and would tell a customer that we would not be doing a heater core, tech on his back under the dash, till they cleaned out the trash and cleared the floor. The same excuse was, "Well we have kids". ********! Don't care. Clean it up.

damn my wifes not that bad but she does have a habit of leaving stupid trash items in the car too long and it ends up under the damn seats.

 

[OR VietVet]

Like Larabee on Last Man Standing says, "Not cool!"

 

[Big Mama]

If his was like mine it started to peel away a little at a time and the car wash finished it off. Mine did the same thing. Serves me right for being lazy. The car wash people didn’t know or care that it fell off.