You're right - I didn't mention it, but I did remove the catches.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

Mike Collum typed:
> You didn't mention removing the catches from the glass.  Removal is
> quick and easy and the tinting job will be much better.
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> The PO had mine tinted and those latches (catches) weren't removed.
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> Mike
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> Michael Elliott wrote:
>> I've pulled the sliding windows off both sides of Mellow Yellow in
>> preparation to having the windows tinted* tomorrow morning. The rubber
>> channel that the glass slides in -- above the glass and to the front --
>> needed to be tugged out first, as well as the little gray plastic
>> sliders located at the front and rear of the aluminum strip at the
>> bottom of the glass. With all that removed, I was able to pull down hard
>> enough on the glass to get it to come out. Tight fit, though, and
>> visions of breaking the glass danced in my head.
>>
>> Anyway.
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>> When I put it all back together I know I need some adhesive to keep the
>> rubber channel in place at the top else it droops down and needs
>> constant re-insertion into the frame. BTDT. But too much adhesive -- or
>> too strong an adhesive -- and I'll never be able to tug the rubber
>> channel out of the frame again if I need to remove a window for whatever
>> reason.
>>
>> Anyone have any Handy Hintz about adhesive type and amount?
>>
>> *Probably metal film for heat-reflection. We're more interested in
>> heat-reduction than in privacy. We don't want it dark inside. Mrs
>> Squirrel likes her sun.
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>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
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