[MP&C]

While assembling the door bits, we noticed that the retaining clip for the reproduction lock cylinders did not match the originals, which would leave us with a gaping hole in the back side of the inner door.








So we had media blasted the originals and sent to the Shop at Shorty's for a cerakote finish of gun metal grey. As my luck would have it, the door skins we had installed had some accuracy issues in the lock hole locations.





Aligning the clip to the lock hole would result in a slight misalignment out back... and you know Robert's not having that.





With Cerakote still fresh, some trimming was done so we could use the original clips to fill the hole void, and the new ones would be used to hold the lock cylinder in place as well as the original clip, whose new job has been reduced to filling a slotted opening. Some window sealant will slow any movement of the pretend clip.

















And the same effort repeated for the driver's side. Where it wasn't as far off as the other side, our mods were still required.





Mandatory Kramer photo bomb





Adding the pull rod for the door lock....





and the addition of a rubber grommet will help keep rattles down.





Jared applied some Kilmat inside the tailgate and we added more bling..





And we've had a casualty with the Baileigh magnetic brake. The magnet stopped working and some troubleshooting found an open with the coil. Some inspection of the supply wires found an over heat issue. Removing all the epoxy showed it's been warm for awhile....














So it looks like we'll be in search of replacement parts.