OEM Door Edge Guards

Ok ... All the garage engineers out there... Any suggestions what to do with this? It's not broken in any way. It's just not sitting on the door tightly.


OEM color matched door edge guards. My truck came with these and it was a $110 option that I hated. That being said, I have grown to appreciate them and I'd like to be able to keep em. I have a couple ideas but folks on this forum generally have pretty good ideas I like better than my own....

 

Rubber mallet and work your way down

 

Yeah unfortunately I don't believe that's my problem... It's almost like this bottom portion is stretched out and not locking on

 

I purchased a non oem edge gaurd. It came in a long roll, I pushed it on and haven’t had a problem. I used a hard plastic tool and seated it. Try that. If not I’d put some type of glue and push it on and secure with blue tape.

 

I was thinking glue as well, however I'm just not sure... Guess I have to see if there's some type of ultra thin double sided tape.

 

It needs to be glue as adding double sided tape is too thick. It needs to be Non expanding like superglue.

 

Yeah. I'm guessing double sided tape is a no go too.

Probably wind up grabbing something like this.

 

Are they plastic or aluminum? If plastic, maybe try heat and squeeze (rubber band? clamps?) then wait to cool. Aluminum, obviously just squeeze.

 

There is a double sided tape just very slightly thicker than scotch tape. It's used for arts & crafts and has good stick.

 

Plastic

 

Plastic coated steel


Toyota Genuine Door Edge Guards - (01G3) - Magnetic Gray Metallic - D-Cab Components
Help prevent door edge dings and chipped paint with this protective finishing touch. Thermoplastic-coated stainless steel

 

That’s how I reinstalled one of mine that also popped off at the bottom. I first tried pushing on by hand but it wouldn’t hold. A tap with a rubber mallet and it “locked” on.

 

I'll try this...

 

Interesting... I would never have guessed this

 

I would think any kind of adhesive would mess up the paint underneath should you decide to remove them in the future for any reason.

Replacement would be ideal.