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> >
> > I would love to pry mine out and I still may risk it. However, for now I am
> > leaning towards leaving them alone and living with it, or to bite the bullet
> > and buy the correct installer's tool plus chrome or black locking-strip and
> > redo all my windows.
> >

Mine is also discolored and ugly and I would rather just have the black rubber.
If you just yard the old plastic chrome out don't you have to replace it with
plain rubber in order to maintain the seal of the gasket?

John McLean  87 Vanagon GL