Back glass and windshield dechromeing.

This will come in handy for those who have never dechrome a car or replace the glass on  tri-five before.

Removal :
Windshield trims come off as follow. Remove the wiper bezels, look under the dash at the apex of the curve on each side and you will find a nut on the inside. Should take a 3/8 socket (deep well) . Once they are off, pull outward slightly and the moulding will come out from under the corner piece near the door. You can then slide the moulding outward and off the clips. The corners are held by  a small screw on the front corner( seen only after the front lower mouldings are off) and one screw on the rear of the corner witch is on the door jamb. Once those two are out , pull outward slightly and down. It will slip off the upper piece. Once it is off , there will be a screw in each upper piece down at the bottom where the corner moulding covers them.The upper two halves stays in the windshield gasket when you take the glass out. The gasket has a channel that the stainless fits into.

         The rear is different. On each outside upper corner you will see a small 'L' shaped piece. On the inside there is a nut on the stud on the moulding. The upper and lower piece that run across side have clips on the window opening pinch weld that sick up towards the stainless trim. You have to use a reveal moulding tool. The tool has a "T" shaped end and is very thin. You put the "T" end under the trim and hold the handle at about a 45' angle to the stainless. Slide it along and you will fell the clips. When you get to one hold a little pressure against the clip and then move the handle of the tool toward 90'. The clip will release the stainless. Don't expect the stainless to just pop off. You may have to go across a couple of times until they are all loose. Once the stainless is off , you can push the glass out from the inside while rolling the inner flap on the gasket down toward the glass. If your replacing the gasket , your golden. Just take a box knife and cut the rubber flap off the inside and lift the glass out. The windshield comes out the same way once the stainless is off.

Next time I'll show you the installation process.