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Old 08-12-2004 | 10:12 PM
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Took the molding off my truck the other day and finally got some pics of it. Their are a few small scratches around the outside but nothing that won't buff out. Just used 3m adhesive remover and quite a bit of patience.
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Old 08-12-2004 | 11:16 PM
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It looks a lot better. Sharp truck
Old 08-12-2004 | 11:35 PM
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Looks clean! Side trim removal helps every Chevrolet truck. And to think we pay extra for the stuff!
Old 08-13-2004 | 12:41 AM
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What size tires are you running Fastinspirit?
Old 08-13-2004 | 10:29 AM
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What size tires are you running Fastinspirit?
He has 285/50/20's, Goodyear Eagle GT2's.

Awesome truck man, let me know if you wanna get together and buff those scratches out.

On another note... Fastinspirit02 is a great seller!
Old 08-14-2004 | 11:13 AM
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Thanks for the good word Kurt
Good doing business with ya. I'm runnin 285/50/20 Eagle GT 2s they seem to grip pretty well, much better than stock anyhow . Might go with Nittos when I replace em though, from what I hear they're much better, little bit more money but you get what you pay for.
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Looks great! what brand of wheels are those?
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how did you do it?
did you use fish line????
Old 08-14-2004 | 03:58 PM
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The wheels are called Mottos, I might be wrong on this but I think they're a wheel made by American Racing for Mann's Tires, a local shop in Tomball. Again I might be way off base with that maybe somebody can correct me but I think I remember one of the sales guys at Mann's telling me that.
To remove the side molding I let it sit in the sun for awhile and the glue softened up, also used a heat gun to soften it a little more as I pulled it off, didn't use fishing line or dental floss which is what I used on the emblems. Just grabbed it and pulled it off pretty much. The molding itself came off very easily but the glue was kinda a pain. I picked up some 3M Adhesive remover at walmart and that made it come off fairly easy.
Old 08-14-2004 | 04:01 PM
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yeah 3m adhesive remover is good ****. Looks good man but I just dont know if I want to do it to my truck.



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