Window trim

[blkonblk]

That's insane. I still can't picture why.

But let's see some damn pics!

no other way to take the out

 

[Doubeleive]

gm probably got tired of having to glue or tape new pieces on when they fell off it was a big complaint on some of the k2's

 

[KMeloney]

no other way to take the out
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Looks great, BTW.

Did you break [the backing of] the trim when you removed the original pieces, leaving those riveted pieces behind/attached to the truck? And did the new pieces come with a rivet post that went through a hole in the body that needed to be sandwiched from the inside of the truck?

 

[blkonblk]

Looks great, BTW.

Did you break [the backing of] the trim when you removed the original pieces, leaving those riveted pieces behind/attached to the truck? And did the new pieces come with a rivet post that went through a hole in the body that needed to be sandwiched from the inside of the truck?

I drilled the rivets out and they come off. I bought a rivet tool on amazon and put new rivets in

 

[blkonblk]

Installing a new rivet

 

[Doubeleive]

Looks great, BTW.

Did you break [the backing of] the trim when you removed the original pieces, leaving those riveted pieces behind/attached to the truck? And did the new pieces come with a rivet post that went through a hole in the body that needed to be sandwiched from the inside of the truck?

rivets are easily removed by drilling the center part a little bit and they fall apart and are easily replaced as shown in his photos been this way since forever.
original rivets may be inserted differently, pressed, etc depending on the application
ever hear the term "Rosie the Riveter"

 

[KMeloney]

Installing a new rivet
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Last question on this (I think)... Could you have kept the existing riveted plastic mounting piece in place, and mounted the new trim without really using that point to retain the new trim? IOW, are there enough mounting points for the new trim outside of that existing riveted piece that you could have just bypassed the removal of that rivet? Maybe use some double-sided tape there like they've used forever to mount trim?

 

[blkonblk]

Last question on this (I think)... Could you have kept the existing riveted plastic mounting piece in place, and mounted the new trim without really using that point to retain the new trim? IOW, are there enough mounting points for the new trim outside of that existing riveted piece that you could have just bypassed the removal of that rivet? Maybe use some double-sided tape there like they've used forever to mount trim?

in theory you could but hard to secure it. The chrome part has clips that connects to that molding and without taking out the molding there is no way to bend the clips and secure it. In the below pic I tried to do that. The chrome part bends and goes to waist

 

[91RS]

There is no advantage to trying to take the pieces apart. They’re not cheap and easy to break. It’s just a couple of rivets.

 

[blkonblk]

There is no advantage to trying to take the pieces apart. They’re not cheap and easy to break. It’s just a couple of rivets.

this. I didn’t even know what a rivet was until I ran i to this. They come off very easy with a drill, literally 5 seconds of drilling

 

[BigdawgR6]

Yep.... definitely getting it wrapped should I ever go this route lol.

Look great man and the dedication was strong on this project.

 

[66 Galaxie]

How were the other trim pieces attached, any challenges.

 

[Doubeleive]

this. I didn’t even know what a rivet was until I ran i to this. They come off very easy with a drill, literally 5 seconds of drilling

good thing you asked instead of just trying to rip it out, that wouldn't have been pretty, the metal on these trucks is so thin now a small tap on it and it dents.

 

[blkonblk]

Yep.... definitely getting it wrapped should I ever go this route lol.

Look great man and the dedication was strong on this project.

lol I don’t know if I would call it dedication but finally got it done lol

 

[blkonblk]

How were the other trim pieces attached, any challenges.

I have pics for anyone trying to do it, I might do a write up. For lower pieces there are two crews on each side and they pop right off. Not a difficult project once you get over the drilling part of these rivets

 

[blkonblk]

just did the rear bumper trim as well, oem part number 84371058

 

[blkonblk]

Dropped the headliner and replaced the roof rails. While I had the headliner out I also ran wires for front/rear dash cams and installed minimal starlights in headliner. Painted the calipers red and this weekend ceramic coating it

 

[KMeloney]

Dropped the headliner and replaced the roof rails. While I had the headliner out I also ran wires for front/rear dash cams and installed minimal starlights in headliner. Painted the calipers red and this weekend ceramic coating it

Incidentally, since you also swapped out your grille and other front chrome pieces, are you able to give me a sense of how the fog light surround/J-shaped trim pieces come out? I have black replacement pieces that I'd like to install in place of the chrome ones, and I can see the tabs on the back of the new pieces... But I don't know whether there are tabs that just need to be pushed back from the trim pieces, or whether there are some kind of retaining clips that need to be removed from the back of the trim in order to release them.

I'd like to remove these factory pieces without breaking the tabs off of them, and I also don't want to pull my whole grille & bumper if I don't have to (because I probably won't bother).

If you have any insight on access to and how to free these pieces, I'd appreciate it!

 

[blkonblk]

hey man - I didn’t care about breaking the old one so I just pulled them out and broke a bunch of tabs lol.

 

[KMeloney]

hey man - I didn’t care about breaking the old one so I just pulled them out and broke a bunch of tabs lol.

All good. Any info like this is helpful.

Did you notice whether there were any stand-alone inserts/retaining clips that went through the tabs? Or were the pieces held in place by male, plastic tabs from the front bumper cover?