Hail hammered the sides of the SCREW. I have everything fixed except the door moldings. If anyone can provide me some direction how to remove these moldings shown in the picture below I would be very appreciative.



If you can, post removal directions by numbers listed in the picture.

Thanks

H13

 

#1 & #2 simply snap down thus, to remove them, you just have to grab a hold of them and pull straight up.

Not sure about the others.

Best of luck... hail sucks!

RP

 

Thanks RP.

I thought that is how they come off but didn't want to mess them up yanking on them if it wasn't. I will be buying the parts shortly and just wanted to make sure I could do it myself.

The hail damage is actually working out in my favor, doing all the work and part replacement myself. Thus allowing me to do some mods with the extra $.

 

It's good that you're seeing the silver lining in the whole situation...

I remember several years ago when we had SOFTBALL sized hail, there wasn't much you could do from a 'replacement' stand point unless it was replace your vehicle. It was mind boggling...

I really need to dig those pictures out and let you all see them...

Talk about scary.

RP

 

Yeah, luckily the body damage was confined to the hood and the top of the cab in addition to the above mentioned door molding.

The hood has a hundred or so small grape size dimples, but are very hard to see on the white hood actually. The top of the cab has a dozen golf ball size with a few smaller ones. Which you can't see the top of the cab anyways.

The insurance company paid to have the top bondoed and repainted. I would rather live with the damage than have them go through all that. The hood I am still looking for, considering a shaker hood, but not for $1200 painted. Probably will go with a stock hood from a salvage yard if I can find one.

 

If your going to live with the dents on the roof, would a "Dent Doctor" type of dent removal work on those? Some of those guys can work wonders. Just a thought.

 

I have an estimate of $300 for just the top of the cab. I will be doing the dent doctor or leaving it with the dents if they can't get them out. Just no bondo for me.