Front and rear window trims

Noddy 123gt · Apr 11th, 2018, 18:34

Hi no doubt this has been asked several times is there a trick to fitting the front and rear trims to the windows. I am about to tackle this.

Thanks

Army · Apr 12th, 2018, 21:51

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Originally Posted by Noddy 123gt

Hi no doubt this has been asked several times is there a trick to fitting the front and rear trims to the windows. I am about to tackle this.

Thanks

The book says to fit the glass in the rubber and then fit to the car - then fit the trim.

This is the way it is meant to be done as the trim is meant to help with the physical locking of the window in its place.

Perversely for most cars ¨they¨ recommend fitting the rubber to the window then fit the trim because it is easy to bend the trim in the way it is meant to be fitted...

...because the trim makes fitting the rubber and glass (with the trim in place) more difficult ¨they¨ say to use soapy water to help pull the rubber seal (with the string trick) into position...

123GT-AMAZON · Apr 13th, 2018, 11:32

https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=63825

Army · Apr 14th, 2018, 15:01

Ah ha - looking at the link the recommendation is to fit the trim last as per the book.

Ho hum.

See how you get on - I warn you, however, that the trim is difficult to remove with out distorting it so putting it back in is gonna be a challenge.

I´ll be interested to hear how you get on as I hope to be doing this job soon too.

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Army marches on his stomach Last Online: Feb 11th, 2022 03:15 Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Somewhere in the Netherlands	Ah ha - looking at the link the recommendation is to fit the trim last as per the book. Ho hum. See how you get on - I warn you, however, that the trim is difficult to remove with out distorting it so putting it back in is gonna be a challenge. I´ll be interested to hear how you get on as I hope to be doing this job soon too. __________________ 1961 Volvo PV544 the quick and easy in between project(!) 1981 Mercedes 300D <=> 230 diesel to petrol conversion project 1965 Series 2a Station Wagon mega build 1992 Mercedes 190E The car that works!

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