Body Side Protectors (Honda) Install Summary

[Truckin']

If you trust your eye and want to go for it that way, I suppose you can do what you want. I believe at least one person reported applying his by eye. You will find that a couple of people have gotten in a hurry and put one or more on crooked.

I found the curves and the lines a bit deceptive to my eye. There was one line of the two top moldings that would have been crooked if we hadn't spotted our error and used the ruler as a level to straighten them back out.

Also, the tape is VERY sticky. There's no easy repositioning once you start to apply them, even before you press them.

[kh4800]

Originally Posted by robh2

Am I missing something. Dont the strips just go into the indentions in the doors? What alignment is there? Measurements? Dont you just line it up with what you are covering?

Dazed and confused!

Robert

I just cut off two pieces of blue tape for each molding , and struck them on the windows to be handy.

Then without taking baking off, taped the strips in the indentions.

Make sure you leave the small space between the doors, or the doors won't open right. ( can't remember the measurement. Something like less than 1/4 inch )

Then I eyeballed them from all angles, adjusting them as needed.

Made sure all doors would open.

Then I placed tape below molding , and at door edge for a guide.

Then took them off one by one and installed per instructions.

[robh2]

Thanks guys.

I appreciate it. I thnought the pieces just naturally fell into place. I didnt know they had wiggle room.

Robert

[robh2]

Thanks guys.

I appreciate it. I thnought the pieces just naturally fell into place. I didnt know they had wiggle room.

Robert

[RRIDER]

Originally Posted by robh2

Thanks guys.

I appreciate it. I thnought the pieces just naturally fell into place. I didnt know they had wiggle room.

Robert

You can see the instructions for installing them here.

http://www.handa-accessories.com/rid...idemolding.pdf

[MBlount]

Originally Posted by kh4800

I just cut off two pieces of blue tape for each molding , and struck them on the windows to be handy.

Then without taking baking off, taped the strips in the indentions.

Make sure you leave the small space between the doors, or the doors won't open right. ( can't remember the measurement. Something like less than 1/4 inch )

Then I eyeballed them from all angles, adjusting them as needed.

Made sure all doors would open.

Then I placed tape below molding , and at door edge for a guide.

Then took them off one by one and installed per instructions.

I just did mine today. I started off by taking careful measurements and making the templates. However, once I actually begain applying the BSM, I found they would have been misaligned by a few milimeters. Doesn't sound like much, but it was noticable to me. I wound up using the above technique and things worked out great. Everything lines up well with consistent gaps all around.

[Mr_Greylock]

I did my own install recently on the body side moldings. I went by the original instructions. No problems. But, when you take the measurements off of the body crease down to the indent, it is very easy to get different readings due to the placement of your tape measure on the crease. You can easily be off a millimeter or two because of the sheet metal bend of the crease isn't razor sharp and you can't be sure of where to place the tape measure exactly.
But I did my own and they came out pretty darn good.
take care, Eric

[Blu Ox]

I installed the body side protectors following Truckin's instructions (Thanks!) but included the use of a string to establish the top edge of the molding. Established the marks at front of front door, between the doors and back of the back door. Then attached the string using electritions tape. Even though I gave it lots of tension, there was still a slight sag in the middle. Small piece of tape between the doors fixed that issue.

Only mistake I made was that I did not have the front door pieces as far back as instructed because could not see edge and hold the piece at the same time.

[zero]

Looks good, Blu Ox. Nice install.

[John32070]

I was going to get them but dealer actually talked me out of it due to price, but the other day I checked out one of the sponsors here and their price was quite a bit lower than what Honda wants direct (I think something like $80 less) so I might change my mind on getting them now.

Does anyone have pics of mixing colors between the protectors and the truck color? Wonder how black protectors would look on my white?