daze05rl

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

teh CL

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I had no idea there was chrome under there..

What roof rack do you have? Yakima?

daze05rl

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

oo7spy

Weird

teh CL

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

Any more pics w/ the rack?

daze05rl

Is not a direct fit rack its universal.

RL_Coastin

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.

daze05rl

Sorry car is all dirty.

oo7spy

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.

daze05rl

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"

RL_Coastin

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.

daze05rl

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 .

daze05rl

teh CL

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grip1968

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

truonghthe

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

daze05rl

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

grip1968

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.

daze05rl

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!