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Old Jan 27, 2020 | 09:27 PM
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Ah. I see. I discarded those years ago with no issues.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 11:40 AM
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  1. I ripped off my plastic rain gutters and sprayed the metal with black flexiseal.
  2. i replaced my a pillars
  3. i coated my wheel fenders with Durabak
  4. i replaced my front and rear bumpers with steel bumpers.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 02:42 PM
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Nice! I just had another gutter corner bust apart by me looking at it cross eyed!! ( I swear I heard it moan and cuss me then literally explode!) They gott'a go! BTW, whose bumpers and sliders are those?
 
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by dr. mordo
Pretty much every piece of exterior plastic on my my truck (besides the bumpers and door handles) is cracked. I pulled the fender trim a couple of years back with no plans to replace them, but both of the trim pieces on the front A pillars have fallen off recently, the long plastic piece under the windshield wipers is split in half, the roof trim is cracked in multiple places and getting worse, the plastic housing over the license plate on the on the rear gate is split, and so far one of the C pillar trim pieces has broken off.

I will cost hundreds to replace all this, which might be worth it if I want to keep driving the truck.

But I was wondering what others are doing to address these issues.
To address the OG question directly, honestly, the decision whether to hang onto the truck is the most important thing since it drives decision-making about everything else. eBay and wrecking yards has been a decent source for NLA plastic bits, but since I've decided to drive these until the day California takes them away, in some cases I just bite the bullet and spend money on new parts.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2020 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by whiterabbit
Nice! I just had another gutter corner bust apart by me looking at it cross eyed!! ( I swear I heard it moan and cuss me then literally explode!) They gott'a go! BTW, whose bumpers and sliders are those?
Dark Crow Designs is the manufacturer.
 
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