Good addition! I forgot to put that in there. On mine the driver side was attached when I removed it. I thought maybe the passenger side didn't have one when I took it off, but I found it when I was cleaning out the "cavern" beneath the cowl.

 

I painted my bed rails and wiper cowl today, from the look of it they look great.. Will post pics tomorrow when all dried and installed.. FYI broke 1 clip on each side n none on tailgate cap, take ur time n its easy.

 

I did my cowl the same day tardman post this. I used the same Fusion paint 3 coats but I did not put the clear on. I couldn't find the Fusion clear. So far it looks great and very easy to do.

 

Nice write-up. I've been thinking about doing the same, but I found a new-to-me Meg's trim treatment at Advance that made them look deep black, but not glossy.

 

has any one drilled out the cowl where it is solid in a couple places so it can drain? I just took mine off this weekend to see about putting the sat radio and nav antennas under it. I broke some of the clips that go under the windshield also had to reapply rtv silicon to the "plastic tree" holder on the pass side window. I did not get to paint it but now I think I have yet another summer project.

 

Disregard that, I see the wiper motor is under it. Guess we have to fab up a shield over it before we drill or dremel the holes.

 

Here of my pics of my finished product:
No prime or sand, just degresed

 

Your truck looks awesome, I am going to do this. The next thing that really looks like crap on my truck are the door handles. Those I will probably hav eto take off.

 

I wanna attemp to do my mirrors, they still look good but ima see how the spray paint holds up on the bed rails n wiper cowl in Floridas summer sun n rain.. The cowl was easy to remove and paint, the bed caps were easy too just start at one end and slowly pop off.. I wouldnt spray paint anything without taking it off and painting in my ware house.. All i need now is a quiet motor and no bed bonce and ill be as happy as when i drove it off the lot

 

Your bed caps came out great! That might be something for me to try and tackle over the summer.
I'm just worried about how they'll hold up seeing as they get a lot more contact/abuse than the cowl. Definitely keep us posted about how they hold up!

 

There appears to be one push-pin on each cowl piece, located near the fenders. How do you remove these without breaking them?

 

Just pull straight up. It's tough and I thought they were going to break but they ended up coming out just fine.

 

OK, thanks, I was afraid they would break, pulling on them.

 

I just lifted them enough to be able to fit some small pliers around the base and pulled up. You'll think you're going to break them, but you won't. One was easy enough for me to remove with my fingers. The other one I need the pliers (I have fat fingers ).

 

For teh bed rails you may want to try the duplicolor bumper paint. It is suppose to be flexiable and is used for restoring older bumpers. They have a picture on their site where someone with a chevy avalanche with the plastic on the sides use it. Just a thought espceially for the bed rails