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Old 11-01-2018, 10:47 PM
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Went to our local Ford dealer today to pick up a county car they had worked on. While I was there I asked about the recalls on my truck, The service advisor said it would take about 5 hours to perform the door latch recall. He never said how much time would be added to do the carpet shielding, just that he would recommend dropping the truck off early one morning & letting them do both at the same time.

Now I need to decide when I want to allow them to do these recalls.
He had paperwork for three trucks written up for the same recalls in front of him while we were talking. I absolutely HATE leaving my truck in the hands of someone else!
Old 11-02-2018, 04:57 AM
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I absolutely HATE leaving my truck in the hands of someone else!
Me too. Which is why I haven't had the Recall done yet either. Most are careless A-holes.
Old 11-02-2018, 01:26 PM
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The carpet tape took all of a half hour from the moment they pulled the truck in the me having the keys back. Mine hasn’t needed the latches done so I don’t know about that one.
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Old 11-02-2018, 10:27 PM
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I decided to try something different tonight - I took one of the "extra" bezels apart & painted it High Gloss Black. I know it's not perfect but what do y'all think?



This is a Test bezel, so tomorrow I'll put it back together & mock it up in the truck to see if i like it. If it looks good I may also wetsand & clearcoat it to see how that looks
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I like it. I think it would look pretty good.
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I think it looks good but you will get a better idea when it's installed.
Old 11-03-2018, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by ManMountainDean
I think it looks good but you will get a better idea when it's installed.
Fair enough, here it is.....test bezel installed:


Non-painted bezel for comparison:



It got the Wife's seal of approval this afternoon, so it can't look to bad

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Looks great. Nice custom touch IMO.
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Ya,I think it looks good.
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I like it too...Only thing about piano black it can show fingerprints and dust. The standard color though seems like dust magnet anyway so I'm not sure how much worse it could be.

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