Trim
Removal
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Trim
Removal
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| My son has helped me a few times in the past when working on or restoring a car, but he's getting old enough now to really do some work! I gave him a wrench and we started pulling everything off the car. Taking the bumper brackets off always seems to give me trouble, but we managed. Matt took off all the lights, grills, trim that was easy to get to, etc. and I took out the glass. Here's a few pics of the front glass frame. Getting all the adhesive, or what looked like adhesive, off of the front windshield frame was a PITA! The rear gasket came right off tho. |
 Front windshield gasket took some scraping |
 Rear windshield gasket came right off after slicing down the middle |
 Gutter removal |
 Upper door trim removal |
Gutter trim and upper window trim comes off fairly easily. When removing the gutter trim I started at the rear, near the back window. The trim is shaped so it hooks on the top of the gutter and the bottom just tucks underneath. Roll the trim out away from the car from the bottom and it should come right off. When you get to the radius, keep rotating the trim the same way and be patient, it will work off nicely. The upper window trim is held on with friction clips and lifts off in a straight upward direction. |
| Rear quarter window and trim removal was pretty straightforward. I started by removing the rear swing hinge, then remove the phillips head screws behind hinge in the front of the window. They're located behind the rubber gasket. After taking the glass out, remove the gasket. The only remaining trim is on the front edge where the door closes. This is held on with four aluminum rivets, so I used my tool of choice, a sharpened screwdriver, and chiselled the heads right off! |
 Screws that hold the front of the quarter glass hinge. |
 Aluminum rivets secure the chrome trim on the "B" pillar. |
