What's the safest way to remove the chrome strip on the 1/4 windows w/o damaging the glass?

Hammer? No. Chisel? No.

Thanks,

John

I had to remove the chrome on a vent wing on my '66 Le Mans. A two week soak in kerosene in the parts washer softened the setting tape back up so it could be pulled off with reasonable effort. As the vent wing chrome wraps around 2 sides of the glass, it was perhaps a bit tougher than the Firebird quarter glass would be.

Take the screw out at the bottom and tug on it a little it might come right off. Mine do.

Robert

Little heat helps.

Robert, I tried elbow grease to remove but these aren't budging!

The chemical way seems safe as far as the glass goes. Long time to wait though...

Heat? Got plenty of that here. Maybe I'll try wrapping this baby up in something and setting it out in the sun for a while?

John

I finished installing my 1/4 windows and thought I'd close the loop on my original question.

I ended up wrapping the windows up in bubble wrap and sitting them outside in the blazing FL sun. After a couple hours the trim just pulled right off. Installing the new trim had me stumped for a bit, but I got the rubber inserts warmed up a bit and applied just a bit of silicone spray. The chrome trim slid on with little effort.

Thanks!

John

Check it periodically; the setting tape is supposed to bond to the glass, and the silicone may interfere with that.

Vikki,

I put the tape on the glass dry, applied just a small dab of silicone to the outside of the tape, and then pressed the trim on. I'll check it -- hopefully that will stay stuck

John

You may want to go back and redo the tape again. The silicone will act as a barrier between the adhesive and chrome. The adhesive is probably adhered to the window though....so that's good news.

If you don't trust Vikki, you should trust me.....I develop silicone release coatings and adhesives for a living.

I used some butyl tape i had leftover from my FGF windshield install to fix the quarter window trim weatherstrip moulding on my 69' cutlass (was falling off)and it's been almost a year now and is on there ROCK solid.

David