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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Crew Cabs => Topic started by: pholliday1 on November 15, 2011, 01:27:14 pm
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After the drip rail has been removed from truck (crewcab) Is there any good way to seperate the stainless strip from the metal mounting part. I know it's a snug/snap fit but wow its really happy where it's at.
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eek, they're a PITA. I tried replacing them with a set from a company I ordered them from. I would have destroyed them trying to make them fit so I sent them back. I robbed a good set off a used one instead or shaved them off. If you manage to replace yours successfully post pics.
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What's up with the ones you have?
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I live about 1 hour south of canada in NY we have big rust issues (road salt) My stainless part of the drip edge obviously is good its the metal that needs to be sand blasted painted etc.
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Mine are the same way but do not warrant sand blasting. The paint is worn and surface rust is on them in areas. I was going to hand sand them, tape off the stainless part, and paint them with SEM Rust-Shield that is similar to POR-15 when they go back on my truck.
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I have a blast cabinet with a mild abrasive the probelm with that is the 2 sided tape needs to be scrapped off, its quite a process. I found the best way to seperate the 2 is using long thin flat tip screwdriver about 16" long and gently seperate the 2 sorry i don't have any picts. The bottom edge of the stainless does need to be gently reshaped to go back on. I like your idea of hand sanding if mine were in better shape I would perfer that method. Keep in mind mine are from a crew cab (same as suburban) but completely different reg cab.
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I'm still with Vile. Its a lot of aggro, surely u can pick better up cheap enough?
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Easiest way to seperate the two halves of the drip rail is to do it while its still on the truck. Where the SS overlaps the black part on the underside (as mounted on the truck, you just pop the bottom of the SS part out towards you and it hoks on the top them just lift it away. Then you can use a socket instead of a wrench to remove the bolts to the cab.