'01 Window Trim "Paint" Peeling

The chrome or plastichrome window trim on my rear doors was coated with a type of textured paint at the factory, and it is now peeling / flaking off due to UV and age degradation.
Any preferred fixes to this ? I was thinking of carefully warming the remaning paint up with a heat gun and just peeling the rest of it os, as the chrome underneath seems to be ok.




http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii219/johndenhart/TOYOTA/ToyotaMedium.jpg

 

i scraped it all off and then repainted with flat black spray paint and it looks like new and is holding up fine

 

OEM replacements are about $30 each at the dealer (at least for the Xtra cab) and are a cinch to replace. Remove the mirror, pull up from the front, work back.

It is actually a thin layer of rubber over metal. I couldn't even tell what the hell it was until I picked up the new ones. I think the rubber is so thin, it just cooks in hotter, arid climates Also, the weatherstrip was brittle and bent out (not against the glass). I didn't notice at first, but I was glad I bought replacements because of this. Now that I have new ones, I will 303 (UV protectant) them regularly.

 

Great advice. Thank you !!

 

Anyone considered using plastidip for this so its removable?

 

3 or 4 years ago, TW member 'scocar' posted a how-to for removing that part.
I replaced mine with a new part, since I don't care for plastidip.

 

anyone have a part number for it handy? I need to replace mine and just came across this. otherwise I'll be not lazy and search ;p

 

You ARE lazy ( ) but luckily, I happened to save my receipt.
The part# is 68210-04020
Not certain if this part, intended for my '99 extracab, would be the same for your truck, though

 

Here's my write up including PN#s.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/simple-how-to-fix-that-crappy-door-trim.154485/

Oops, just realized you have a DC, so those part # won't be correct, but at least you have the offical name and can figure out the rest or talk to a dealer to get them. Good luck.

 

nice, thx haven't been able to check yet due to running around