Pearlpower

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As you can see in pic 1 ,my lower door molding was seperating. I tried adhesives/epoxies of various types and nothing held for long. I was not aware until I got my own GS parts catalog that the moldings can be ordered painted from Lexus. They list for 30.00 each. Without quoting a price, Steve can get it for much less. Book calls for 1.5 hours. It can be done in less than 5 minutes each side via a safe shortcut. Since I have seen many GS's on the road with the same problem, I hope this helps some of you.

gs300-101

was it covered under your Warranty? or did you have to pay yourself?

Bdragon007

Same thing happening to my car , affraid to ask the dealer how much, but since you let me know it's that cheap i'll get it. Thanks!
dan

Pearlpower

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Car is waaaay out of warranty
Besides it was very very cheap to do and I do not trust any mechanic,Lexus tech or otherwiise, to mess with my cars.Past experience along with professional observation in my career.

gs300-101

I am starting to feel the same way. Nice job.

Murph

I superglued mine back into place. I didn't realize this is as big a problem / wide spread as it is.

Murph

Navaz

I have had that problem since I got my GS in 1997, It's happend on the same door (Passenger front) 5 times. It's real annoying.
I just checked it again now and It's cracked too. Make that 6 times.

alexus

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is this for first gen only? or for second as well?

my moldings are not coming apart from my car.. so i'm fine for now i just wanted to know for self educational

Pearlpower

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I have mainly seen it occur with the 2nd gen GS.

alexus

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i dont know.. mine is fine.. but i'll keep it in mind

thanks

KINGLEX

this is covered by warranty, so if u still have the bumper-to-bumper, then bring it in. i had mine replaced 3 months ago.

BananaGS

Cool,
somebody is readying my mind
Just notice this washing the car yesterday,
I am planning to stop by the dealer after work today to see if they will replace it for me, I was gonna glue it back myself.

in any case, my car is under warranty =)

Anh

Princeton

What is the safe shortcut???

garnet92

I had the same problem - tried glueing it, which didn't really work for long - next time it was in to the dealer, they replaced it under cpo warranty.

Pearlpower

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Book calls for removing the lower door molding that the molding strip is connected to. The strip is held on via 5 small phillip screws. Open the door and remove the 3 10mm black plastic nuts holding the door molding. Using a flat head screwdriver, pry apart the lower molding from the door to gain access to the screws. Dont worry, it flexes a bit and you only need an inch of clearance. Remove the phillip screws and then slide the strip out. Reverse the process.
If you hear a pop while seperating the door/lower molding-it is just the snap . Just pop it back when your done by pushing on it.