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Subject:Re: Q:how to install the plastic front window trim
From:BILL
Date:Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:45:23 -0600

P.S.  I had the new plastic chrome trim (picked up at local dealer for a
little over $6) installed at the glass shop when they replaced my front
windshield, tinted, for $200. They did not charge me extra for installing
the new trim molding in the window seal. Unfortunately, I am paying a
higher price for the side window plastic chrome trim.

> > I had a glass shop do mine and they used a special tool which slides
> > the
> > plastic chrome colored trim into the window molding. The only way to
> > install it is to remove your windshield. I helped the guy install the
> > plastic trim, and with that "special" tool, it went in easy--also used
> > some
> > soapy water. You can do it by hand if you have the time, but the
> > windshield
> > has to be out of the van in order to open the groove. When the
> > windshield
> > is in the van it pinches the plastic trim in the windshield molding.
> >
> > I am in the process of replacing the plastic chrome trim around my
> > side
> > windows and the only way I can do it is to remove the window from the
> > van.
> > Using soapy water it slides in easy. And with the window out I can
> > re-tint
> > the windows easier!
> >
> > Bill
> > '85 GL
> > [*Magic*Bus*]
> > Big Sky Country
> > <><
>
>

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