I took the rubber coating off of the things under the door windows, and polished em up and sprayed some clear on em.I might go back and paint them to match the truck, I just wanna see how well they hold up. I need some chrome door handles now.

 

Step 1: roll down windows, push in as u are pulling up it should just pop right up.

Step 2: Most of the rubber will pull off by hand "mine did anyways", The rest should come off with sand paper and a razor.

Step 3: Sand smooth, i started with p320 and worked to 1000 grit.

Step 4: Use paint prep solvent to wipe down and remove any dust.

Step 5: Paint, I just cleared mine, but it could be painted

Step 6: Watch the paint dry. Boring, so take a break.

Step 7: put it back on.make sure it slides under the mirrors first or it wont go back on.

 

looks good, but those are gunna rust so fast now

 

Rofl

 

Looks good...in the pics it looks white....

 

I wasn't aware aluminum rusted. They are cleared also.

 

Aluminum will not rust, and the clear should hold against the corrosion.

 

Looks pretty good, different too I have never seen that done

 

It looked shinier b4 the clear, but now it kinda matches my grill and tips.

Btw waht the hell is that piece called?

 

Looks nice...and shiney!

 

which means you could paint like black over it or color match to the truck?

looks good man

 

Exactly!! I might do that but haven't decided yet.

 

Wow that looks really good, never even thought of stripping the coating off. Mine look so nasty so I'm thinkg about doing this. Can't wait for the how to.

 

How to added to second post.

 

wtf, how come i got steel ones that are rusted lol... i wonder if the aluminim ones will fit on my truck..

 

That looks pretty nice. You may have seen my truck but if not here you go:
https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...8&page=1&pp=25

I like the chrome. To bad I have no other chrome on my truck or else I would do this mod.

 

give this one a try, paint sticks to metal a little better. Didn't see ur post but Iwas tryin to fix mine, same problem as urs, and I noticed it was peeling from the bottom, so I pulled it and almost all the rubber came off.And it is really esy to get them off.

 

Try this page instead:
https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...8&page=2&pp=25

I took the drivers side seal off and when I went to put it back on, it wouldn't go back down all the way. The metal flanges that hold it in bent a little and had to be rebent to fit back in. So I pulled it off again to fix the metal flange and I noticed one of them was torn almost off. So I don't think I'll be takin off again. I just kept the passenger side on and taped it off to paint it.

 

Looks good Anthony!

Brenton

 

not a bad idea.....i am going to paint mine to match....

 

as far as i know i thought they were rubber? aluminum will corrode.

 

I wanna see pics when u do.

 

i will get on that to,looks good

 

Looks like I will be doing this soon. Great job.

 

I think in 01 they went to aluminum, the olde rmodels all had steel thats why ours is rusted. Ford sells the alumnium ones I hear it just pops off and just put the new one there.