cwest94 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I went out to open my windows to let the truck air out some and when I opened the passenger side door to open the rear vent window, the cladding on the front door went into the front finder and broke of a chunk off the cladding on the door and rubbed the paint off the cladding on the front fender. The temps have been in record breaking 90's with high humidity for the past 5 days, so I'm sure beteen the temps and the fact that the truck sits in the sun all day long, the cladding must of expanded and moved resulting in me breaking the cladding. Seeing the warranty expired a year ago and I cant afford to fix it, guess it's going to stay like this. Maybe my friends are right, maybe I should sell it since I never drive it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSThunder Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 don't sell it. This truck is worth hanging on to IMO. I plan to keep mine forever. When the engine goes, just replace it and keep driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 don't sell it. This truck is worth hanging on to IMO. I plan to keep mine forever. When the engine goes, just replace it and keep driving. Keep your eyes on the 'for sale' section, the pieces you need may pop up soon, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTMD8R_SS Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) Don't sell it, they (cladding) pop up in the for sale section once in a while. Edited June 9, 2008 by NTMD8R_SS (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12'SROCK Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) I went out to open my windows to let the truck air out some and when I opened the passenger side door to open the rear vent window, the cladding on the front door went into the front finder and broke of a chunk off the cladding on the door and rubbed the paint off the cladding on the front fender. The temps have been in record breaking 90's with high humidity for the past 5 days, so I'm sure beteen the temps and the fact that the truck sits in the sun all day long, the cladding must of expanded and moved resulting in me breaking the cladding. Seeing the warranty expired a year ago and I cant afford to fix it, guess it's going to stay like this. Maybe my friends are right, maybe I should sell it since I never drive it. I know its not the heat.....mine has been in heat well over 100 degrees and my cladding is still fine Edited June 9, 2008 by 12'SROCK (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kersey Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 never knew it would do that, now i will keep an eye on mine. dont sell the truck, you may regret it later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwest94 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) Ya, I'll keep an eye open on this site for any cladding that's for sale. I'm just getting frustrated to hell and back. I cant drive it because I cant afford to fill up the gas tank, so it sits for a month or two at a time till I get enough money saved up to put gas in it. My friends just think thats dumb of me and keep talking me into selling it and buy something I could afford to put gas in and so forth. But to them, a car is just a car, they dont understand my attachment to the SS and no matter what I tell them to try and make them understand, they still dont. I know I would regret it till the day I died if I sold it, so I'll be keeping it. I just get frustrated about something going wrong or breaking on a truck I never drive, I try my hardest to keep it looking like it did when I first saw it sitting on the show room floor. So you guys dont think the cladding is shifting around from sitting out in the direct sun and heat all the time would of caused the cladding to shift around some? Right now I cant open the passenger side door, I cant see how to adjust the door cladding to stop rubbing into the fender. Edited June 9, 2008 by cwest94 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTMD8R_SS Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 My truck also sits in the sun, and the cladding is doing just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NolletSSS Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hey you might want to check this out. He has more cladding than he thought and said he will sell what he has left. Click Me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Eagle Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Check with Time2Kill, he may have what you are looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Fast SS Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Here you go, check with this guy on PT.net. He may still have some, that's if he's willing to sell just parts of it. Terry http://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=416994 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammedbowtie Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 yeah a bunch of people are selling the cladding. there are like three pieces of self stick tape on the cladding if you open my door the top and bottom ones are attached but you can see the middle one is not even stuck to the truck anymore. guess mine will be falling off soon too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioshop Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 I have 4k miles and five months of warranty left, I took my truck in last week for just this problem. I also had paint peeling off my cladding. I am told the cladding is taped on, but it's also bolted on too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehoatim Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 I feel your pain about the cladding. Mine did the same exact thing. I had to shave a half moon section out of the pass. door piece to allow the door to open. I got an estimate of $400 to have it replaced and painted. that was 3 years ago, and i'm still driving it like that and waiting to find the right deal or have the money to do it right and get the repair warranty. i bought the truck used (no warranty) in August of 05. I used to park it so that the sun was on the passenger side and within a month the cladding screwed up. I"ve since been parking the opposite way so the sun hits the driver side. No problems on that side, so why does it seem to be consistent with the passenger side hitting? Seems like a mfg defect? I bitched about it to the dealer, but all that got me was some therapy. I hate to think that if I do get t replaced, it may do the same thing. I guess at some point, I had to accept the "minor" issues that seem to be inherint in these trucks cause I love it too much to consider parting with it. Sorry, this probably doesn 't help much other than--welcome to the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTMD8R_SS Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Got any pics?^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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