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Tips on Window Trim Removal

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I'm about to start the body work on my 1991 Mustang GT and wanted to remove the trim around the front windshield, doors, and hatch but I also wanted to reuse them also. Does anyone know about a thread or article about getting this done or do have I have to shove out for new trim all the way around?
 

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I've never done the front and back window so i'm not sure there...but the doors are pretty simple. There's a screw down around the side view mirror that holds the upper trim piece on. Take out that screw and *gently* pry downward with a flat head screwdriver. Be careful because they dint very easily. Once you get the top one off, the one on the side comes off the same way (no screws on that one).
 

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Get the special tool to remove the trim from around the windshield and rear glass

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You can try your local NAPA store or call LRS, they might have them also.

If you try to pry the trim off with a screwdriver, you risk damaging the trim pieces, or breaking the clips.

To use the tool, place the jaws of it flat on the glass. Orient the tool so that the point of the little hook on the end of one arm goes under the trim first, then slide it under until you feel the point of the hook hit the back of the trim. Holding the tool in that position, slide the tool along the glass (in the direction of the handle), until you fee the hook catch a clip. Then rotate the handle away from the trim (in plane with the glass). The hook will pry up the clip, releasing the trim. Remember, you are never prying up on the trim, just releasing it from the clips -- the trip should pop up on its own.

It's very hard to picture how this works, and I haven't found a diagram that shows it (not even in the Ford Mustang Service Manual), and the tool doesn't even come with instructions. But one you've sucessfully tried it, you'll be amazed at how simple it actually is.
 

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Maybe this drawing will help.

 
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