Bringing an old topic back from the grave.
I just had to replace my B-pillar panel too. It been taped on for over a year. I'd been using clear shipping tape, but on a recent trip, the clear stuff had been exposed to too much daylight and was failing, and the store I was at lent me a roll of PINK duck tape.
So yep, that spurred me to buy the panel.
Got the panel on the outside and the connector inside and plugged in and I was prepping the metal B-pillar to receive the adhesive and noticed what MOST LIKELY is the reason for these failures:
The weatherstripping for the window is NOT rigid. When the window is down, it can flap around and most importantly, can expose the leading edge of the panel to the wind, and allow the wind to get behind the panel, which logically, can stress the adhesive by pulling the panel away from the steel door.
I noticed the passenger B-pillar is the same way.
It makes sense that this happens most often on the drivers side since the driver's window would be open more often than the passenger window from drive thrus, tolling, checkpoints, etc, and of course, just driving with your arm out the window.
Stuff like this gets me back in the Ford-H8r camp. This was a real cheap out kind of move.
I just had to replace my B-pillar panel too. It been taped on for over a year. I'd been using clear shipping tape, but on a recent trip, the clear stuff had been exposed to too much daylight and was failing, and the store I was at lent me a roll of PINK duck tape.
So yep, that spurred me to buy the panel.
Got the panel on the outside and the connector inside and plugged in and I was prepping the metal B-pillar to receive the adhesive and noticed what MOST LIKELY is the reason for these failures:
The weatherstripping for the window is NOT rigid. When the window is down, it can flap around and most importantly, can expose the leading edge of the panel to the wind, and allow the wind to get behind the panel, which logically, can stress the adhesive by pulling the panel away from the steel door.
I noticed the passenger B-pillar is the same way.
It makes sense that this happens most often on the drivers side since the driver's window would be open more often than the passenger window from drive thrus, tolling, checkpoints, etc, and of course, just driving with your arm out the window.
Stuff like this gets me back in the Ford-H8r camp. This was a real cheap out kind of move.