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2010 Es Chrome Stip On Bottom Of Door Falls Off


jgilbert

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I have a 2010 ES and the chrome strip at the bottom of the passenger door keeps falling off. If the door rubs on a grass parkway or on a curb when you open or close it, it breaks the little fasteners that keep the chrome strip attached. Anyone else have this problem?

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Having never removed those strips on our 2011 (did so on the last 04, but they're rivetted on on that car) I suspect that there are a bunch of holes drilled in the door skin that plastic expansion pins on the molding snap in to.

What we do in the shop when we run across this problem is to clean up both the door and the molding mating surfaces with a degreaser/cleaner/rubbing alcohol, and then apply 3M double sided sticking tape to the back of the molding. (Use the automotive double sided tape as the consumer stuff just won't hold.)

Once the backing is removed from the tape and the molding properly positioned on the door, a good press into place will keep it there until the car is junked. BUT the surfaces must be clean where the tape goes, and you must use enough tape. In places where the underside of the molding won't contact the door skin because of a void, use 2 or even 3 layers of tape on top of itself to fill any voids. Good Luck!

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