Removal Procedure
Notice: When removing body panels, apply tape to corners of panel and adjacent
surfaces to help prevent paint damage.
- Use a heat gun to heat
the body side molding (1,2,4):
| • | Position the heat gun 152 mm (6 in) from the surface. |
| • | Apply heat using a circular motion for 30 seconds. |
- Use a flat-bladed plastic tool in order to peel the body side
molding (1,2,4) from the panel surface (3).
Installation Procedure
- Clean the body panel.
Use varnish makers and painters (VM&P) naphtha or isopropyl alcohol.
- Mark the proper position of the body side molding (1,2,4)
with masking tape.
- Warm the body panel with a heat lamp or heat gun to a minimum
of 21°C (70°F).
- Peel the backing from the front end of the body side molding (1,2,4).
Do not touch the adhesive backing.
- Press the body side molding (1,2,4)
to the body while continuing to remove the backing.
- Hand roll the body side molding (1,2,4) to the body in
order to ensure proper adhesion.
- Ensure that the body side molding ends do not overlap the following
components:
- Inspect the body side molding ends for proper bonding.
- Hand roll any loose ends of the body side molding.
