lucas8888

Yeah there is no part number available for that piece of trim only comes with the whole door panel.

Banes150

I feel like the glass company should replace it. I wasnt going to make them but then the door stopped opening because they put it together wrong and something broke so I went in and told them since they have to fix the door to open now I want that trim replaced. Of course it has to be part of the panel May just have to let this one go if they can get the door operating at least again.

Andy Anthony

That is correct, that's the piece I was referring to, I think most people thought I meant the whole door panel even though I included a mockup pic

I believe in the video on the post above, it does show that that panel LOOKS removable. I'd like to vinyl wrap them, but a test while they were in place proved a little tough. It's not quite a square and the skewed curves make it hard to place vinyl well.

I bring up the vinyl or decaling because that may be an option if they flat out refuse to replace the door panel... Have them order you a trim kit you like for the 4 door panels.

Andy Anthony

By the way what level of damage are we talking about here?

aleks192

I did wrap mine in black carbon, and I did it on the truck. You use the seams with the chrome and a hobby knife (not a big flat one, but the tiny replacable angled blade craft knife style thats like a pen with a blade), a heat gun and a soft squeegee. Looks perfect, and took all of half an hour for 4 doors. You can get all the way to the bottom with no problem by holding the handle out a bit. Cut a piece bigger than the panel, start by placing it on the flat surface facing you. Run back and forth with your finger or thumb laying it down making sure its square. work your way to the bottom first and then the top and curved part (this is where heat is essential). It will take little blasts with the heat gun to make it lay down to the curves properly. Make sure you don't stretch it badly or it will look bad. After its all laid down use the squeegee and press it all on well, making sure to pay attention to the edges. I then used my fingernail and traces all the edges around the wrap, creating an indent. Using heat again I went around making sure those were all well stuck down before moving to the next step ONCE ITS ALL COOL. Take the craft knife and slowly trace the indentation around the wrap, make sure its a new blade, and don't let your knife tip wander. Once you've trimmed it you can hit it with a little more heat and trim up imperfections and move on to the next door!

While I was at it I also did the AC vents. I posted a long while back about a creaking sound while driving, and nobody really had that problem. Well, I took apart the vent and found out its the plastic chrome on the grey plastic that was making the sound, so I decided to wrap the chrome as well. It looks actually really decent, I would have even done them flat black but all I had was red or black carbon laying around at the time.

Andy Anthony

That looks very sharp!

Considering mine is race red with salsa red and black two tone interior, I'd have gone red on the door panels. I think it would be just enough without being too much.

Banes150

Ill grab a pic picking up the truck now. I left it to the glass shop if he wants to replace it. He acknowledged his tech was unfamiliar with removal and shouldnt have tried to pry it. Its not real bad but my argument is I left it for the pros for a reason.

Banes150

here it is.

pwed1

I did exactly what you're talking about. I did mine in a burgundy carbon fiber. I thought about doing like a bright race red, but thought it would be too much for the fairly muted grey and black interior. I removed the whole door panel and took it apart to get just the carbon fiber trim panel piece. It was a huge pain, but mostly because the first one took fore-freakin-ever cause I had to find out how they put it together and was scared to death of breaking something.

You have to take the whole door panel off. There are plenty of videos for this online. On the back, there is a way to separate this carbon par from the door panel, but you have to remove two metal "bolts", some screws, and melt some ... plastic rivets? You'll see what I'm talking about. It took about 45 - 60 minutes per door. I used good quality vinyl and heat gun to get the corners right. I wanted to get some good wrap because I rest my arm here and didn't want to just tuck it in the corners to peel out and look like crap in a year or two. There's a good 1/4" wrapped around the back side. I didn't take any pictures during to process, but here's the after shots.

Knowing is was a huge pain in the rear, would I do it again?

Hmmmm. Yeah. I probably would.

pwed1

It does come seperate, but it's kind of a pain. You'll have to melt som plastic rivet type things to get it loose. I replaced this rivet type thing with hot glue on reassembly.