Door Dings. Sigh. Aftermarket side moldings....

[c3k]

I just took a weekend trip to the beach with the wife. Great trip, great truck.

Seriously, this thing just keeps impressing me more and more as I keep using it.

Of course, as the title implies, I came back with battle damage. I am not impressed with the jackholes sharing the parking lots. Yes, I parked away. Yes, I stayed in my spot. Yes, others parked near me, later. At some point, the passenger side got dinged. An impact on the door panel crease. So, pretty noticeable. I got most of the paint transfer off, but I have some chipped clearcoat. (I've got a touchup pen that I bought, and it will see some use now.)

Look it's a truck and it will get some impacts. Sheet metal and paint. But I'd like to be the one that does the damage, not a random stranger who doesn't care about my property.

So, I found this website: https://www.customautotrim.com/body-side-moldings/

I'm leaning, hard, at their MDG167 (link: https://www.customautotrim.com/body-side-moldings/body-side-moldings/mdg167univ/142/ ). I'll pay them to custom paint it to match my truck's paint. With their sale price, it's looking like a decent deal.

Any thoughts?

 

[2001gw]

Google "Paintless dent repair". I just had several dents removed on my wife's Nissan Rogue. The results are quite impressive. We see absolutely no signs of where the "door dings" were.

 

[Pertzbro]

Those door guards will not protect your doors... too many different cars out there with different shaped doors and different heights, they could hit up higher, in the middle or down low...

 

[NorthStar]

I just took a weekend trip to the beach with the wife. Great trip, great truck.

Seriously, this thing just keeps impressing me more and more as I keep using it.

Of course, as the title implies, I came back with battle damage. I am not impressed with the jackholes sharing the parking lots. Yes, I parked away. Yes, I stayed in my spot. Yes, others parked near me, later. At some point, the passenger side got dinged. An impact on the door panel crease. So, pretty noticeable. I got most of the paint transfer off, but I have some chipped clearcoat. (I've got a touchup pen that I bought, and it will see some use now.)

Look it's a truck and it will get some impacts. Sheet metal and paint. But I'd like to be the one that does the damage, not a random stranger who doesn't care about my property.

So, I found this website: https://www.customautotrim.com/body-side-moldings/

I'm leaning, hard, at their MDG167 (link: https://www.customautotrim.com/body-side-moldings/body-side-moldings/mdg167univ/142/ ). I'll pay them to custom paint it to match my truck's paint. With their sale price, it's looking like a decent deal.

Any thoughts?

Another option and I’ve helped install these…quality and spot on paint match:

Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab Painted Body Side Molding 2019 - 2022 / FES-RAM19-CC | Sportwing

Protect your Dodge Ram with a set of factory style Painted Body Side Molding from Dawn Enterprises!

www.sportwing.com

 

[c3k]

Google "Paintless dent repair". I just had several dents removed on my wife's Nissan Rogue. The results are quite impressive. We see absolutely no signs of where the "door dings" were.

The dent is not on a flat panel. It's right on a crease. The metal has been stretched. I'm not sure if this technique can work in this situation. But I for sure am not an expert...

 

[BowDown]

Another option and I’ve helped install these…quality and spot on paint match:

Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab Painted Body Side Molding 2019 - 2022 / FES-RAM19-CC | Sportwing

Protect your Dodge Ram with a set of factory style Painted Body Side Molding from Dawn Enterprises!

www.sportwing.com

This is what I'd do. I was going to suggest the Limited's molding but these painted would be better.

I avoid door dings by raising the truck to off road 2 then deploying the side steps. There will be some dinging going on but they will be the recipients

 

[FM45]

here is another option---

Ram 1500 (Crew Cab) 2019 Body Side Moldings Venom S

These Venom S body side moldings for Pickup are specifically designed for your 2019 Ram 1500 (Crew Cab). The Venom S door moldings can be Color-Match painted or done in shiny black. This style is a bit more discreet than the rest. You can make them yours with an optional cut-out chrome inscription.

www.mycartrim.com

-=FM45=-

 

[Zig10]

If you get a good PDR guy they can handle it on a curved surface. I had one pull a dent out of my last truck caused by an errand golf ball. Hit the roof right at the seam. I dropped the headliner out for him and he said he'd give it a try, no charge if he couldn't do it.

Took him 35 minutes and you couldn't see the dent when he was done.

 

[sessman]

The dent is not on a flat panel. It's right on a crease. The metal has been stretched. I'm not sure if this technique can work in this situation. But I for sure am not an expert...

I had one right on the crease and a PDR guy took it out perfectly. There's a plastic cap on the inside/side of the door that he popped off and was able to get right to it.

 

[c3k]

Sounds like there are some good options with PDR. I'll give have to see what's available in my neck of the woods, near Winston-Salem.

 

[djevox]

If you get a good PDR guy they can handle it on a curved surface. I had one pull a dent out of my last truck caused by an errand golf ball. Hit the roof right at the seam. I dropped the headliner out for him and he said he'd give it a try, no charge if he couldn't do it.

Took him 35 minutes and you couldn't see the dent when he was done.

PDR is great, it looks so simple but is an art just like window tint (at least to me it is). These are two things I will always pay people to do because I got tired of pulling my hair out trying to learn them well.

 

[PurpleRT]

Agreed let a quality PDR guy tackle it you may be surprised. As long as the paints not cracked they can do wonders.


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[OleNavyMane]

Going forward, if you have the deployable side steps, put them in the car wash mode while you are in parking lot zombie land. It can help keep'em off your sh!t.

 

[2001gw]

The dent is not on a flat panel. It's right on a crease. The metal has been stretched. I'm not sure if this technique can work in this situation. But I for sure am not an expert...

One of the dents in the wife's car was directly on a crease. When the PDR guy was finished we could not tell there was ever a dent there.

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

Since you said it's chipped the PDR is not going to help.

To prevent further dings, 6 inch lift an wide running boards.

 

[mmcbeat]

The best defense against door dings I ever had was on a Ford Expedition. This vehicle had very substantial running boards.