N9TE Posted June 26, 2019 Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 I need to safely remove and replace this piece. I don't know how to do this. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N9TE Posted July 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 There are three clips on the back on the trim piece (pictures 2 & 3). There is a small ramp on which those clips grab the mounting rail. Arrows in this picture. Carefully (with a pick or something) pry it away from the rail. No need to force anything. It'll come easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N9TE Posted July 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 Why do this? Vinyl wrapped some of the chrome pieces in matt-black Avery. Previous owner did a black-out with paint. This looks a bit better and is non-destructive. I also wrapped and installed new taillights (wrapped the chrome). Actually, the "chrome over plastic" is a manufacturing process called vacuum metalization. The capitalization costs are huge (large vacuum machine costs > $500K, etc) so getting plastic pieces 'rechromed' as it were, is almost impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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