The worst of the culprits were one screw on the lower trim just inside the door on the drivers side. A screw on the bottom inside center bar and the screw holding the molding structure outside, center.
Once those were out ... no worries... other than crud and dirt.
I will give some information if you are doing this and have read the manual.... The center bar has a weird nut disguised itself as a screw head holding that together. The very bottom one on the inside will require a short screw driver. I had trouble and had to cut out the rubber seal to allow me to access the head with pliers to turn it. The plate on the outside center has a cylinder with a screw sticking out the bottom and a Phillips head on the opposite side holding the chrome trim plate. This plate holds the two ends of the bottom chrome. I had trouble with the head of this as well but after lots of WD-40 and the right screwdriver got it to break loose. The bottom chrome also has a screw on each end. You have to open the door to get to those.
You will also need to remove the wiper arms and assemblies. There is one nut under the dash for each. Once you remove the nuts you can twist and maneuver the arms out. This will allow you to remove the bottom chrome pieces. I used the wood end of a hammer against the chrome and hit it with another hammer to tap them off. I opened each door to keep the trim from running into the doors.
Once you cut the old seal from the inside you just push out seal window and top trim all as one unit.
I masked off and wire wheeled the area to prepare it for a rust reformer and paint.
Here are the pictures from today....
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| Had to drop the glove compartment to reach the windshield wiper nut. |
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