I pulled all the old chrome trim off my 84 westy without any problems.
No reason to replace it other than cosmetic.

On Apr 11, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:36:29 -0700
> From:    Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@CYBERTRAILS.COM>
> Subject: Re: window seal needs - BD ones are from Germany
>
> Dana Showers wrote:
>
>> I just ordered a complete set of seals without the chrome strip from
>> BusDepot for my 85 Westy...
>>
>
> My chrome strips have turned the usual nasty brown... in the Tucson sun
> it only takes a couple of months.
>
> Is there any reason why I should not just yank them out?  On another
> car
> (not the Westy) the windscreen was a real bear to get out even after
> that chrome bit was removed.  Maybe they are needed when the rubber is
> new but 20-year-old window seals seem like they would hold pretty good
> w/o it.
>
> Anyone done this?
>
> Geo Hahn