removing window scrapers/chrome

i am restoring our 67 bug and want to know how to remove the window scrappers and chrome strip. they are stuffed so i will need to replace them when i have finished painting

the 67 should have Stainless steel trim so if you want to replace it as origional you will have to get a new rubber and rivet it onto the trim section

New trims are only available in soft alloy which is anodised but still looks good.

use a paint scraper from inside the door cavity and leaver the outer trim out gently Keep the clip as these are have to find and better than the replacement clips

The inner rubber is taken out from the top using the paint scrapper

Of course remove the window mechanism and glass and front 1/4 window

Look for screws right inside the window channel at the top of the door frame, one at the end of the channel where horizontal of the door meets vertical, the other at the start of (or the middle of, I can't remember) the curved part of the top of the door.


Matt.

thanks for that will have a look today and see what i can find

well theres luck for You as the new outer scrapers are now very soft aluminium which bends when You just look at it the wrong way....
the inner scraper clips are crap, and will probably just snap off when You go to push them into the holes...

You may as well pull the new clips off and reuse the old ones or just use Contact cement....
You put contact cement on both surfaces and let it dry, then press them together...

You may as well use some contact cement on the outer scaraper, bailey channels and other parts too....

Best of Luck with one of the worse jobs I could think of...
cheers

Lee Noonan

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