I simply unscrewed the nut from in back of the square plate. Once I had
done that, though, it revealed that the strips have a slot cut in them to
allow you to slide the strip so that the slot meets the plate, and
comes off. This runs the risk of damaging the new soft paint, though,
so I prefer my method. To ensure they could evenly sand and paint, I
even drilled out all the snaps. That wasn't fun, especially when the
bit snapped, and the remaining piece in the chuck plunged into
my index, still spinning rapidly. That was the spilled blood that made
this a successful mechanical sortie.
To get the strip onto the snaps, get the strip onto the square plate,
either by sliding or replacing the nut, position the strip, and place the
top rear lip over the snaps. Press downward on the strip, and inward on the
bottom. If it doesn't snap into place, a light tap with a rubber mallet
will do it. Repeat for each snap.
The new strip and paint didn't last three weeks before some Toyota-
driving moron opened their rear door hard enough to dent the strip and
the fender underneath... I found it after they had left, of course.
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