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Old Jun 14, 2021 | 11:02 PM
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Default Windshield trim refinish

How difficult to remove the trim pieces on the coupe.. Any risk of clip breakage etc... Clear looks like crap on mine, would like to refinish or wrap them...
 
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Old Jun 15, 2021 | 12:44 PM
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Default Re: Windshield trim refinish

Search the Forum for Windshield trim. Lots of advise and suggestions.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2021 | 01:57 PM
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Default Re: Windshield trim refinish

Originally Posted by Shamrock
Search the Forum for Windshield trim. Lots of advise and suggestions.
Pry up from the glass side using a plastic trim tool, do the top first. Pry where the clips are, there are photos on the forum showing where they are.
Make sure the clips on the three trim pieces are solidly attached when replacing them or the top one will disappear on the highway.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2022 | 08:32 AM
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While you have the trim off, you may want to replace the 2-sided tape that attaches the the trim to the clips. Although my 2008 Crossfire has been garaged at home and at the office the past 13 years and is seldom driven in the rain, one clip had completely separated from one of the trim pieces and the tape on several others were about 50% attached. I used 2” wide 3M VHB Heavy Duty 5952 automotive tape that you can get through Amazon to reattach them. I also needed to reattach the rubber weather-strip to the top trim piece since roughly 25% of it had come loose. I used some weatherstripping glue to reattach it that I got at Advance Auto.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2022 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by DKAwildcat
While you have the trim off, you may want to replace the 2-sided tape that attaches the the trim to the clips. Although my 2008 Crossfire has been garaged at home and at the office the past 13 years and is seldom driven in the rain, one clip had completely separated from one of the trim pieces and the tape on several others were about 50% attached. I used 2” wide 3M VHB Heavy Duty 5952 automotive tape that you can get through Amazon to reattach them. I also needed to reattach the rubber weather-strip to the top trim piece since roughly 25% of it had come loose. I used some weatherstripping glue to reattach it that I got at Advance Auto.
That sounds like a good reason to inspect the attachment points frequently to prevent loss of a $200 to $350 used item. Thanks, I always thought that as mine had not been removed they were on as solid as the rock of Gibraltar.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2022 | 01:33 PM
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I pulled the trim off my blue roadster about a year ago to have them repainted and found the tape at several of the attachment points dried and deteriorated. I would give them all a little tug to see how secure they feel and correct as needed.
 
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