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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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Gray plastic around door locks and window control

I hope that makes sense, on the door where your locks are and window control the gray plastic that goes around it. I dunno if that makes sense but....Can we get replacements for those? Mine somehow got scratched to crap. And the gray face plate all around the radio as well.
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 12:01 PM
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im guessing yours are silver and yes its painted and flakes and scratches easily, you can get them online on gmpartsdirect.com oir there are colored replacements now too
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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just paint em yourself. im gonna do mine... mine are scrathed all to **** as well.
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 02:05 PM
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Yeah I repainted mine myself
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 02:29 PM
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repainted mine
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 02:45 PM
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pictures?
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 03:01 PM
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Nice!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 03:03 PM
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are they easy to get off, cuz they look like a pain in the ass?
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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are they easy to get off, cuz they look like a pain in the ass?
ya there not tht bad, 2 screws and some clips.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 01:28 AM
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How do you get them off and what paint did you guys use??

anyone?

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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 01:33 AM
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yea i wanted to redo mine to but didnt know which silver matched the stock silver the closest
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 08:37 AM
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yea i wanted to redo mine to but didnt know which silver matched the stock silver the closest
the first time i repainted mine it was factory silver, i now have them white but i still might have the can for the silver in my garage, ill try and look later but it matched perfectly.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 08:42 AM
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they were under warrenty for me, so i just took it in and got a couple new ones.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by jigyflyuk07
they were under warrenty for me, so i just took it in and got a couple new ones.
that 2, i heard that the paint chipping is known issue AFTER i repainted mine. If you want silver again just go to the dealer
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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Nice ill do that thank you
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by originaladrian
the first time i repainted mine it was factory silver, i now have them white but i still might have the can for the silver in my garage, ill try and look later but it matched perfectly.
were or how did u get the factory silver
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 03:12 PM
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they will jsut chip again if the dealer replaces them. i had mine replaced and they a chipping again. i try to always keep objects ouot of my hand when opening the door and never have a watch on.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 04:37 PM
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well i just had the dealer do them so that i can put it off for a little while. At some point when they bigin to chip again ill do them myself. But i figured, "hey they are free from the dealer, why not"
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 10:00 PM
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so if mine are chiped i can get new ones from the dealer?
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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if you are still under warranty then yes
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 10:01 PM
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sweet. glad i read that!
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 10:08 PM
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Got mine under warranty
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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ive got a set of scratched ones you can paint for $25 bucks, then you can take yours to the dealer and have brand new silver ones too if you want
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 02:31 AM
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what would you tell the dealership in order to get them replaced under warranty haha im afraid they would laugh at me
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