Thanks to everyone for the info.

Great, anything sounds better thant the heat gun putty knife process. Do they have these things at Autozone/Advance Autoparts?

Does anyone know the procedure for reattaching the cladding on the lower part of the slider? The piece on my 2003 Astro has come off and I'd like to try to put it back on myself. The dealer won't give me an estimate. Labor is $75/hr. I'm primarily interested in an efficient way of removing the old a...