Side Molding and Trim After Painting or Not?

[MrPink]

Nice! I had a Lincoln Hand-mig for a long time but my new garage sorely needs an electrical update aka it was built in 1958 and has 20A service. I need to bring it up to at least 60a to run a welder.

 

[Caman96]

I’d still love my truck without side mouldings, but I think they nailed it with them.

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[thinger2]

Yeah, I was thinking about that too. Now I'm gonna have to park in the back 40 at Lowe's and get used to walking/pushing the cart another mile. Before, I really didn't care much Oh well, the bump strips will help. I know the wheel arch chrome sure does, all 4 of my old ones had dents in them all over.

The smittybuilt nerf bars on mine are at just the right height to bounce a prious door without hitting the paint.
And they stick out far enough to make it difficult for them to worm wiggle into the car when I park in a compact spot.
Its actually kind of fun to watch them get stuck.
Cheap entertainment

 

[thinger2]

Yup! That's why it doesn't bother me to daily a Burb with a few battle scars.

Yep! and Todays battle scar is tomorrows all original patina

 

[thinger2]

I’d still love my truck without side mouldings, but I think they nailed it with them.

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Especially true if you look at a mid 90s Ford.
They look like a bar of soap or maybe some ramdom chunk of SUV got stuck on the front.
And you get a Triton
Fugly and broken.
I see at least 10 gmt400s just driving around town every day.
A mid 90s f-150?
Nope.
Its like seeing a unicorn up here.

 

[Raspi454]

Found 'em! Part number 15569460. Discontinued, and like I said earlier, stupid money. But here they are if you want them bad enough.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/233745158992

Looks like they use little nuts that cut into the plastic mounting pegs, similar to the corner lenses. Parts 24/25 on this diagram.

https://www.wholesalegmpartsonline....odel=14486&modelYear=1989&ukey_category=19402

I did go back and search through some FB posts as well. One guy mentioned that the pillar emblems I linked earlier are similar size to these, and said he used them on the door panels instead. They're just backed with 3M tape instead of the little mounting pegs.

Wait, I've never seen these before, any pics of them in action?

Especially true if you look at a mid 90s Ford.
They look like a bar of soap or maybe some ramdom chunk of SUV got stuck on the front.
And you get a Triton
Fugly and broken.
I see at least 10 gmt400s just driving around town every day.
A mid 90s f-150?
Nope.
Its like seeing a unicorn up here.

I don't see a whole lot of those f150s either, but plenty of 400s

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Wait, I've never seen these before, any pics of them in action?

I don't see a whole lot of those f150s either, but plenty of 400s

I see a few of the 87--92 F150s, but more of the shovel nose 97--03 ones. Like the one I have that might be getting rehomed soon. If Mom finds the keys....they got set aside, and we haven't located the place they got put. That's the problem with safe keeping...

 

[df2x4]

Wait, I've never seen these before, any pics of them in action?

Nope, sorry. I could've sworn I found one picture of them installed when I was looking them up but I can't find it now to save my life.

 

[Raspi454]

Nope, sorry. I could've sworn I found one picture of them installed when I was looking them up but I can't find it now to save my life.

That's fine, I just had never seen any interior badging

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

Wait, I've never seen these before, any pics of them in action?

Here's where they go on mine.

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Right door before I painted it

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