I was wondering if anybody else have done this before I had a bike rack on top of my RL and slowly it started to mess up the black tape around the door trim. I saw a little piece pull back and noticed it was chrome trim under from factory, so since it was already faded and burnt from the Sun and now it was peeling I decided to just go ahead and peel it all off has anybody else ever done this?



Bike rack damage.





Before.





Before, you can notice the faded black.





After





After

 

I had no idea there was chrome under there..

What roof rack do you have? Yakima?

 

I used to have a thule bike rack but I got rid of it. Sold it to a friend.

 

Weird

 

Didn't know Thule made a kit for the RL, thought it was only Yakima.

Any more pics w/ the rack?

 

Is not a direct fit rack its universal.

 

Nice find. Would you mind posting a photo of the whole car with the new chrome showing?

I'm interested to see how it looks, I am about to re-paint my trim, but this may be another option.

 

Sorry car is all dirty.

 

That's not a dirty car.

I think the look works, especially with your wheels. I normally have been against those style wheels, but your car looks really nice.

 

Thanks! I am the same on the wheels they look nice but not what I really want but since I daily the car about 60 miles a day these where perfect in case I messed them up they wouldn't hurt the wallet so much. F1R brand paid like 1600 mounted and balanced so not bad I was tired of seeing the car lowered on stock wheels. so I guess u can say I was "thirsty"

 

Thanks for the pics! Doesn't look bad at all, but I'm gonna stick with the factory look. And I agree, nice looking car.

 

thanks guys i love this car. but if it was a light color like silver or white i would of probably stuck with the original black but i think it really pops on a dark color like this OBP .

 

 

 

What year is your RL, Mines is a 05 and I don't see the Chrome you talking about, Mines is fading too.

 

you have to peel the black part to reveal the chrome underneath.

 

It's a 2005 also but u have to pack the black piece of like in the pictures. Here's more pictures.

 

What do you mean PACK the black piece, I tried peeling it, it's very hard to do. What did you use to peel it off.

 

sorry I misspelled that probably meant to say cut. But I used a razor black along the edges and then started stripping back in as many pieces as I could. The warmer it is outside the better of not use a heat gun it helps alot!