maroonandwhite

Good luck with that. :up:   All joking aside though that would be great!

Spandex. Blah.

THAT IS AMAZING. They would probably just fall over riding my bike at hwy speed haha.

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Same here.

I just have to find someone that will do that now.

I did but they told me doing the moulding would be the cheaper of the two. They quoted me $1000 for the paint and another body shop just quoted 700.

GOOD LORD! The dealer wants $750 to replace the moldings! I was just gonna look into that instead of paint but good grief that's high for some PVC plastic. At this point I don't know what I wanna do. There is a place in Memphis that does aftermarket trim and molding that may be able to add something to cover it up cheaper than $750. I know one thing, this was an expensive mistake!

Yes I did buy it used and I am pretty sure that is what happened. I'm thinking it probably had some body work done on that side and that it was never filed or reported hence the clean carfax.

Care to share the body shop? Wouldn't hurt for me to get a few quotes.

Capbyrd I just called Joe and he recommended going to the body shop as well. He reitereated that they would probably try to sand it a little and just build up that spot with clear. Thanks for the number though. I may let him have it after I get this fixed.

  Yeah I did a little research last night and this dealer (Sunrise chevy in Collierville) is supposed to have a real good rep for body and service work. They work on any makes and models and have a huge shop. I bought the truck from them as well. I hope it's as easy as he made it out to be.   The crazy thing is now I am wondering what happened to my truck before I bought it. One owner, clean carfax, older gentleman owned it and barely drove it. It's a 2008 with only 25k on it when I bought it at the end of 2012. Only thing I can figure is maybe someone or something just ran into the side of it and they had to repaint. They did a heck of a good job other than not removing the molding to paint behind it.

Yeah that's my guess too. I'm hoping around $200. I got a really good vibe from the guy like they wouldn't "take me to town" on it. I'll probably have to invest in a good polish/wax kit afterwards as well. I am very relieved though. I know it's bad to be so materialistic but my heart sunk when I saw that haha. My truck is my child until I have a child.

Just called the dealer and they told me it's going to be an easy fix and that it won't cost much. Said they'd probably just sand the edge down and spray some clear on it.

If I can get that deal I'd be happier than a pig in the mud!

Goof off and more elbow grease will take any residue off of glass. If it's been on there a while it will just take some time for it to fade away.   Now, back to the topic at hand. :pleased:

The best investment you can make is a 3m eraser wheel. It makes getting the old tape a piece of cake. You can either use a hair dryer and heat them up then peel them off or get some 20lb test fishing line and work it in a sawing motion behind the emblems. It will cut right through them. Goof of will take the leftover film/residue off.

Wow I would have enver expeceted that. I am used to the astronomical prices at the toyota parts ocunter though haha. I have never been to the Chevy dealer. I figure I will take one day and ride around and let a few folks look at it and get some quotes. Any ideas what a job like this might run me?

Heres the short version. I normally take all of the emblems off of any vehicle I get at some time or another. Well this weekend I debadged my silverado as well as pulled the moulding off of the doors. The passenger side looks great but to my horror one side of the door looks like maybe the paint tech put the moudling on before the clear coat dried. I have about a paint layer thickness difference in where the moulding was and the rest of the paint. My question is this something that a good detail shop could wet sand and/or buff out or would I be looking and body shop type work?

I wonder if you could make tiny targets that you could put in a skeet thrower and launch? Will a shotgun even make this stuff ignite? Just thinking outside the box here haha.

I second that.

Thanks to all who have offered to talk to me. After we dig a little more I will probably be giving some of you a call.

HAHA I've heard that one before so you are not alone!   We may also consider adoption from foster care. This is substantially cheaper than newborn adoption. I don't want money to be the deciding factor in what we do but it will play a part.

Well I must say adoption is expensive! I never realized it was THAT expensive though. I guess in the grand scheme of things it's nothing compared to what you recieve (and give to a child) by spending $20-$30k.) We will have all of our debt except for the house paid off when we decide to do this so it won't be difficult to get another loan for the amount. Thanks for all the advice so far guys. I have learned alot and plan on attending a meeting here soon to get more info.

I'd make that trade. I have a 1400 ranger 20 gauge that is great for skeet shooting or messing around. It does hang up occasionally but I get more use out of it than I would a .25. I'd say it would be a trade up.