Then we heated the door moldings and peeled them off. We didn't even need the eraser wheel to get all of the adhesive off.

Yeah, we know there are running boards on Denalis and Escalades, but who cares. Running boards don't belong on trucks built after the '50s!

We eighty-sixed the roof rack, too. We were thinking of leaving it off, but Greg at Billet Superstore had a better idea. More on that later.

Once we had the bumper covers in hand, we drove them over to Auto-B-Craft in Long Beach for prefitment and paint. They popped on without issue, so Jose began the paint process. After a thorough scrubbing with Ajax, adhesive promoter was applied to the surfaces, followed by a coat of filler primer with a flex additive.

Charly Henley handles the sales and marketing for both Grippin billet handles and Nu Image components, and he volunteered to help out with the install. We started with the gauge cluster by removing the dash bezel and removing the four bolts that hold the cluster in place.

With the truck running, the location of the needles is marked to reference later.

Then the cluster is unplugged and removed, the bezel is removed, and each needle is lifted off.

The stock dials were lifted off and the new stainless dial was laid down.

With the truck running again, the new silver and white needles were returned to their original positions according to the schematic.

Then the chrome bezel was snapped in place over the cluster. The four bolts were replaced and the dash bezel was put right back on top. We were surprised at how easy this install was, and it really changes the entire look of the interior.

Moving on, Charly removed the door panel to access the door handles. The mounting points vary between the '99-02 and '03-up models, but with either application these are some of the easiest door panels to remove.

Once inside, the door handles are held in with three bolts each. Only one of them is tricky to access.

Once the handle is removed, the lock and latch rods must also be removed.

This pin on the latch side is removed temporarily so that the handle can be removed from the bucket.

The stock pin is removed from the pivot side, releasing the stock handle. The new handle is secured with an Allen bolt.