How far off the body is the upper and lower trim supposed to be?
 

My upper and lower trim sits far enough off the body that I can see the ground when looking downward on it and I think it looks like crap. On the ends where it is bolted or clipped, it is tight against the body but it sticks out where the plastic stick on clips are. I fixed a couple of the drivers side lower pieces by using the bolt on clips or push in clips and it looks better. I am now planning to fix the rest of it now too. I'd like to know if GM originally left them a bit off the body.

Here is a pic looking down on the passenger side door and the top of the pic is the front of the truck. As yo can see towards the top of the pic the trim is flush with the door but in the middle it is pushed out by the plastic clip and adhesive. I suspect the adhesive is swelled and that the clips are not tight in the trim track or are upside down.

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looks like you might have a rusted of missing clip there. Looks a bit further out than normal

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The clip in the pic is one of the plastic ones on the small top trim. Something about them isnt right on how they sit and why they arent against the body.

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Definitely seems out too far ..man messing body trim always gives me the chills at least with new paint , I always test fit ,then test again before I paint to make sure , too many things can go wrong trying to remove trim , ugh ..
In a perfect world the trim would be flush but these are old trucks and things happen , the bolt in clips should help pull it in a bit , if you could close that gap by half I would call it good ..

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Still working on it and I have the passenger side all done. The bolt in clips are the best but I cannot get past drilling holes in the truck. I wish someone made either trim with 3m tape or clips that accounted for the tape width or even just metal clips that you add your own tape to.

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I wonder if they drilled the holes too close together and bowed it out, maybe even with thermal expansion
OF course this would only happen if the clips can't slide/float on the trim piece

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I unbolted the door pieces and took off the stick on clips and the piece fits tight against the door while in the end bolt holes and without the clips. I have some new clips on the way to try.