Just some button up work tonight even though i spent about 4 hours doing nick nack things
Finally after a month of having the left upper tailgate trim on and the truck being down and myself being Clip less because of those darn faulty china made parts I managed to attach the RH upper trim to the tailgate looks so much better and finished off and here's my little build up of it.
1. Starting off by lining up the trim straight to the tailight bezels with masking tape and using the Big Red Book I grabbed so decent measurments and just rounded up or down to a solid number instead of their super exact ones.
2. Snap punched the hole starting points and began with a smaller bit just to pilot it for my step drill making sure to check the outer clip size as it's smaller than the actual ones that hold it to the center of the gate. The larger ones I ended up drilling out to 3/8's and installed them to the trim first.
3. Using my needle nose pliers I squeezed the ears gently as they are fragile but just enough pressure will allow them through the holes afterwards using a little pop of the hand you can press them all the way through to lock on the inside of the gate. I also used a nickel to persuade the inner most one on as the clips tend to contour to the hollow backside of the trim.
Both pieces are plenty tight on the gate and I don't see them falling off anytime soon .