Has anyone here ever done or witnessed the disassembly or repair of the quarterpanel-door frame stamping that makes up the side of the coupe? (Sorry if you have.... that means you might have had a sudden metal reshaping event occur to your baby.) On the sides of the roof, where the roof stamping joins the left and right quarterpanel-door frame stamping, we have a 1/2 inch wide filler strip that runs the length of the roof. That body color painted strip is bounded by a rubber "liner" which is probably part of its securing method. (?) One of those strips on my car has lost large chips of paint, down to the primer. Some of the chipped areas wrap past the edges of the strip and disappear under the rubber liner. I was thinking that to repair it properly, the filler strip should be removed from the roof, stripped down to bare metal, and properly repainted. My problem is, I can't figure out how that painted filler strip is secured to the roof. With the hatchback raised, you can see the end of the strip, it wraps down into the door frame. I tried some gentle prying, but it wasn't really budging, and I didn't want to pry so hard that it suddenly released for a few inches and kinked. I was wondering if it is glued in, or held with clips, if there is some special tool to pry it out, or if you just yank it out, bending the crap out of it, and replace it with a new one.....
Any insight into this little piece of bodywork would be greatly appreciated.
Joe