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| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 13 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2010 Posts: 13 | My truck has bare metal on the side kick panels, and no obvious attachment places for covering. Yet I see them in the catalogs, and in owner photos. Getting them would be a lot cheaper than painting.
How do they install? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | ColoKeb,firstly welcome.
From your profile I assume you're refering to your 55 1st series truck.
The aftermarket kick panels would attach,I assume by trim clips or screws.
To my knowledge AD trucks were never fitted with panels from the factory.
Therefor,some kind of 'owner' fabrication would be required.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | ....spray adhesive and fabric? | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 22 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 22 | Here is what I did on my 54 that has cardboard kickpanels. At Home Depot I found a roll of faux leather plastic shelf liner that has a sticky back. I bought black but it comes in a variety of colors for 5 or 6 bucks, and covered the cardboard with it. It looks nice and cleans up easily. I am also experimenting with it for my headliner but molding it with a heat gun is tricky. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 32 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 32 | I did after market kick panels on my 66. They did take some tweeking with a razor knife and a dremel tool but look great. I didn't have any color choices but was going in black anyway, they can easily be covered if wanted. They mounted on a slightly sanded and well cleaned surface with two side sticky velcro. | | |
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