Stepside bed angle trim question

[Hair]

I got my truck painted and the painter replaced the bedsides, and the angles were attached to the bed sides, so they got painted along with everything else. I wanted to do these in polished stainless along with the other bed strips, but now I see that they seem to be spot welded to the bed sides. Am I just out of luck on this? There is no way that I can remove the angles from the bedsides without messing up my paint is there?