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Installed driver side doors this morning. I'll do the other side when I pull vehicle out of the garage. You do have to use a rubber mallet to tap them into place. There is also a template to cut out and tape on vehicle to ensure you are mounting them at proper height on door.
Not very good pics on a dirty vehicle... I did clean up areas they mount too though.
I have a 2010 GX460 and noticed Lexus only lists 2011-2019 color matched door edge guards. After talking to Lexus dealership I was told that the reason it did not include 2010's was because the edge guards did not come out until 2011. But he said there is no reason why they would not fit any 2nd generation GX460 including my 2010.
IMO... front doors are relatively easy... the rear doors are a little more tricky with the bend. I finished the passenger side this afternoon.
Take your time
I just received my door edge guards yesterday and am glad I saw your post. Here I thought all four would be a breeze to install. I WILL take my time. Thanks!
I got them yesterday too and installed them this morning. Took me about 20min for all four. The front ones are easy and I installed them about 1” above the body side molding. I found it’s easier if you use the rubber mallet or finger and push in the bottom end first, give it a few taps to get it seat tight then push in the top end to have both of them in. Then proceed to tap along the edge to seat the whole thing.
For the rear, line up curve part of the guard to the curve section of the door, then tap in the upper portion first. Get it to seat, then tap in the bottom most section. Once both are in, you can hold it and tap in the rest. It took me less than a min for the driver rear after I figured this out.
And use a towel to cover the edge for the final seating too.
The Tungsten pearl matches really well and at certain light, you couldn’t tell if they are there.
Originally Posted by Richie7
I just received my door edge guards yesterday and am glad I saw your post. Here I thought all four would be a breeze to install. I WILL take my time. Thanks!
I received my door edge guards yesterday and installed them afternoon. I was not as fast as others on here as it took me a good 45 minutes. These are of better quality than what I expected but I highly recommend your read the directions for installment. They are very rigid. Almost like there is some light weight metal wrapped with durable vinyl or rubber. You cannot just install these like you might have with after market door edge guards like what we might have bought before. You have to use a rubber mallet. I started with the passenger front first although the directions stated to start with the rear. I wanted to do install the easy ones first and glad I did because the rear doors were a little more time consuming due to the drastic curve lines.
When I installed the front guards I taped the cutout guide around the handle. Then I started with the top just under the paper tab(start point). Directions state to start about 3 inches below this tab. I did and started tapping it with my rubber mallet. You can feel when the guard is seated all the way in. Then I worked up to the 2 or 3 inches above at the top. Then I started with remainder of the guard approx. 4 inches under the paper tab and worked inch by inch tapping it in all of the way.
Installing the rear doors took a little more time due to the curved part of the door(as mentioned previously on this thread). On one of the rear door I had to change my plan because I was having difficultly getting it to seat against the edge of the door. So I started to work from the bottom to try and finish it. It worked for me much better going to the bottom once I had the top 3 inches seated.
I am just an old retired guy and I did not want to damage the guards in any way because the directions state if you want to remove them once they are on you cannot reuse them because they will not seat properly and stated you would have to buy another door edge guard(no thank you at about $15 each.
I purchased the door guards from Bell Lexus in N. Scottsdale, AZ. They have had 30th anniversary sale and right now for me the discount was 10%. I think next week it goes down to 5%. If interested go to their website. I paid $61.56 with my discount. No tax since I am out of state. Shipping was $8.56. Total was $70.12.
I hope I can help someone like the replies before did for me. Front driver door showing how I held the seated part and would tap inch by inch below my thumb to the bottom. Front passenger door completed. Notice how they do not go all of the way down to the bottom of the door. They stopped at my chrome trim. Passenger rear door installed. It is a shorter piece as the guard is not install below. The door does have a curve to just below the door handle. The guard is sort of open on the inside to possible make it somewhat flexible to make the turn. Then it becomes solid again for the remainder of the guard. The read door guards are shorter than the front ones. Passenger side completely installed. Looks great since they are specifically made for the factory color (Starfire Pearl) and matches perfectly.
Looks good!
Was there instruction in the package? I didn't see any. LOL
Yes...instructions were included. They were laying on the floor. Imo I think that is a dealer decision since some received them and others did not. I would definitely get them before install. Like I earlier stated....these are not you normal edge guards you buy at Wal-Mart, etc. You do not want to make a mistake with them. Best advice I can give is to be patient and do it when you have plenty of time(1 hour max??).
