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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 6:20 pm    Post subject: Passenger Door Reply with quote

trying to repair rust. WHATS BEST WAY TO REMOVE TRIM?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 6:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Passenger Door Reply with quote

Trim comes out last, windows and gaskets first. Real tear down job. Careful pulling on it, it bends! Make your way slowly around.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 2025 6:20 am    Post subject: Re: Passenger Door Reply with quote

Yes it looks like it woud bend easily thats why I'm asking. Pullinng on it you mean towords standing outside of door ?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 7:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Passenger Door Reply with quote

CT440ROD wrote:
Yes it looks like it woud bend easily thats why I'm asking. Pullinng on it you mean towords standing outside of door ?


Just FYI, if that's the OEM silver trim, that's a silver sticker on a piece of plastic. I had that on my 85 when I got it. removing it completely destroyed it as the sticker comes unstuck from the plastic and wrinkles and cracks. I replaced all the seals with the version without the channel (as the seals were stiff and cracked). Cleaner look without the black. But if I were to try to save those seals, I would inch my way around moving it out towards the window opening a little at a time.. You can see where the split between the top + sides and the bottom scraper are. So might make sense to do the bottom first and get that all the way out and then do the top so you have more room to move it down before out. I'll be very surprised if the chrome makes it.

Here's a the video from GW showing step by step of the tear down. and my bad. aparently it isn't the silver sticker over plastic. That must have been the slider window. Anyway, hope the video helps.
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