Necro-replying to my own thread here.
Thanks for the welcomes and the replies. I’ve been terrible at getting on this site consistently until recently.
If they are moldings then I would think you just need to look through all the moldings available that are aftermarket to match it.
If it is actual trim you may have to recondition it yourself. It will be long hours and time consuming but well worth it in the end.
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Yeah, they’re plastic moldings. The only metal trim on my truck is on the bottom of the body, like in the picture.
The only thing I see in that picture is an added line just below the factory metal body line. That part is most likely a dealer added part that was double stick taped on. It was probably bought in sticks when new and cut to size. Never seen anything like it on a Ranger before.
Something similar can be bought in rolls now...
That’s what I thought, being dealer-added. Definitely double-stick taped. I had to pull a piece off before it would’ve flown off on the highway. I can get pictures of the trim and residue left behind, if you’d like.
It’s interesting because the driver’s side has had the trim replaced with parts-store Cowles trim; obvious because I can see how wavy it is going down the body, and that I can clearly see the unevenness of the scissor cuts. The original trim on the passenger side is straight all the way down (and no scissor cuts). Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about…
I have tried to match the trim to new stuff, but all the ones out there are basic semi-circle shape, whereas the original is basically a right triangle. Can’t find anything like that, shape or width-wise.