its on there with tape. take it off they look better without it, just claen up the adhesive residue afterwards. ;D

 

Expect some nice fresh unfaded paint underneath though.<br><br>5-6 years of sunshine on the exposed portion of the tailgate.<br><br>Just get a 2002, they didn't come with the plastic part ;D <br><br><br>phox

 

mines a 97, and you cant tell! but i took my decals off, and you can see where they were if you look hard enough in the right light.

 

I recently took that thing off and there is little difference in the paint to my eyes. It is, a MAJOR PITA to get all the tape off. There are like 6 strips all across the tailgate holding that thing on, and it's a real bear peeling it off. If you dont have a heat gun, you sure will want one. But once I got all that stuff off, i buffed &amp; waxed the paint and it's not noticeable between the top &amp; bottom.

 

[quote author=TX Ram link=board=5;threadid=15238;start=0#143280 date=1054174867]<br>I recently took that thing off and there is little difference in the paint to my eyes. It is, a MAJOR PITA to get all the tape off. There are like 6 strips all across the tailgate holding that thing on, and it's a real bear peeling it off. If you dont have a heat gun, you sure will want one. But once I got all that stuff off, i buffed &amp; waxed the paint and it's not noticeable between the top &amp; bottom.<br>[/quote]<br><br><br>I wouldn't worry about buying a heat gun if you have a hair blow dryer. They work real well. Just my $0.02.