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Rambox Keyhole
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Maritimer0021
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+1 on this accessory. I’d like to cover mine also.
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Darksteel165
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I was hoping someone else would try.
I'm going to try a few things and report back what works.
FYI the locks are electronic so if your battery is dead you can only get into your driver door and ramboxes with your key (inside your fob).
All other doors don't have keyslots and or are electronic locks (can't open tailgate or MFT with a dead battery)
I'm going to try a few things and report back what works.
FYI the locks are electronic so if your battery is dead you can only get into your driver door and ramboxes with your key (inside your fob).
All other doors don't have keyslots and or are electronic locks (can't open tailgate or MFT with a dead battery)
satcomtim
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plastidip
Darksteel165
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And what exactly do you think you're going to plastidip?
Do you even have Ramboxes like OP is referring to? We are talking about a keyhole inside the Rambox painted plastic pannel.
I bought these caps and they aren't a perfect fit but it hides most of it.
I'm going to let 1 sit for a bit and see how it removes (has 2 sided 3m tape)
If it doesn't appear to be ruining the lock I will take the others and try painting them to match the truck with the touch-up primer and paint I have.
satcomtim
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yes I have ramboxes and yes the key area can be plastidiped. I love how you call me out but above me spray paint was suggested. Its the exact same thing.
Darksteel165
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Neither of those options make any sense. God forbid I respond to the very last responce.
If I did have to choose between the 2 plastidip would be the better option as you could probably rip it out to use the lock
Don't paint or platidip locks guys, that's a stupid idea.
tolh13
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Not sure the problem with paint or plastic dip, probably never use a key on it, it for looks and if need be I can always redo it
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Where did you get the caps from, Amazon I hope? I think it looks good, it looks like another button lol
Darksteel165
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Yes I got them from amazon. 12 for $9.59
I'm trying to find one that is ever so slightly bigger so it doesn't show the silver at the edges at all, but definitely looks better.
If I can't find anything better i'm going to paint a couple of these and see if I can make it look OEM.
This is just slightly too big to fit on the driver door handle
Darksteel165
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I didn't forget about this.
I'm on my second set of "caps" and i'm painting a few body color to match before installing. I only got the paint in today but it was raining so too humid to paint.
They come black with some stupid "carbon fiber" look so it stands out and looks worse then the keyholes i'm hoping the paint can hide the marks.
I got 12 caps so i'm going to try 2 with and 2 without primer, the problem is I don't think I can get an even coat to cover the primer but i'm not sure how good paint will stuck on these as it.
I'm on my second set of "caps" and i'm painting a few body color to match before installing. I only got the paint in today but it was raining so too humid to paint.
They come black with some stupid "carbon fiber" look so it stands out and looks worse then the keyholes i'm hoping the paint can hide the marks.
I got 12 caps so i'm going to try 2 with and 2 without primer, the problem is I don't think I can get an even coat to cover the primer but i'm not sure how good paint will stuck on these as it.
Darksteel165
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Ok here's what I came up with.
You can buy these caps for like $10 for 12 caps on Amazon.
You need to sand down the pattern on them (unless you like that stupid Carbon fiber look on an all black truck) and then paint them.
I did a pair with primer and then 1 without primer (I didn't sand down the one without primer).
If I had to do it again I would of just sanded them down and not used primer, as I was able to get a much darker black but that could just be because I have no idea how to use spray paint.
They also sell a white cap without a pattern that you could probably paint better since you don't need to sand a pattern off. They have been on back order for a while so I didn't bother.
These are how they look from a few angles.
These are what the regular caps would look like.
I think I still have the couple I painted but didn't sand and I can take pictures of them for reference, but for me I think the pattern looked dumb because it didn't match anything and stood out vs blended in which I feel was the whole point of covering the screwholes.
I hope this helps people who were trying to figure out what to do to cover the only silver metal on their truck.
You can also pull these off with the finger, it's stuck on there really good but if you NEEDED to get in and don't have power you could rip them off to use your key. It's 3m tape on the back so you could just put more on and save the caps.
None of the caps I had properly fit in the driver side keyhole area but you can buy a black cap and replace the existing key hole and just remove it. I personally don't mind the keyhole on the door.
You can buy these caps for like $10 for 12 caps on Amazon.
You need to sand down the pattern on them (unless you like that stupid Carbon fiber look on an all black truck) and then paint them.
I did a pair with primer and then 1 without primer (I didn't sand down the one without primer).
If I had to do it again I would of just sanded them down and not used primer, as I was able to get a much darker black but that could just be because I have no idea how to use spray paint.
They also sell a white cap without a pattern that you could probably paint better since you don't need to sand a pattern off. They have been on back order for a while so I didn't bother.
These are how they look from a few angles.
These are what the regular caps would look like.
I think I still have the couple I painted but didn't sand and I can take pictures of them for reference, but for me I think the pattern looked dumb because it didn't match anything and stood out vs blended in which I feel was the whole point of covering the screwholes.
I hope this helps people who were trying to figure out what to do to cover the only silver metal on their truck.
You can also pull these off with the finger, it's stuck on there really good but if you NEEDED to get in and don't have power you could rip them off to use your key. It's 3m tape on the back so you could just put more on and save the caps.
None of the caps I had properly fit in the driver side keyhole area but you can buy a black cap and replace the existing key hole and just remove it. I personally don't mind the keyhole on the door.
