Hey guys,
I had lots of scratches on the driver side door trim so I decided to sand the scratches and ended up sanding the whole thing. It actually matches the alum. trim in my 06 much better.




To take off the door pulls, insert a flat head screwdriver into the little slot towards the bottom of the door pull. It should just pop off.

I used 350 grit to take off the paint, then I used 1000 grit to smooth it out. It's really important to sand in the same direction or you will end up with crossing lines in the alum.

After that, I used some "Mothers" polish to get rid of the fingerprints. I am sure you can continue polishing it and make it really shiny.. but I wanted it to match my console.

 

 

Please keep the cookie. Your mom baked me some last night.

 

 

 

cuz she felt bad you're so ugly

 

Looks like it came out good bro....

 

It's possible you could have accomplished the same results by using a very fine polishing compound or cleaner wax if it wasn't too bad. I took the easy way out, ordered some c/f overlays for my pulls so I will never have to screw with it again....ever!
Gary

 

is the door pull trim the same shape in all the models? because ive noticed the 06 models have real aluminum as opposed to my 04 which is plastic painted silver