How to install rear window stainless trims ? (pic included)

[psi999]

Gday Gents,

Have recently had some panel work done on my Bluebird which required the rear window chrome/stainless trims to be partially removed and for the life of me I cannot seem to get them back in.

Have referred to the Nissan workshop manual but that really didn’t help either (read - useless).

So any idea on how to get the strips back into the rubber?

If it helps the chrome strips I am referring to are the bottom and passenger side strips (rear window), can kind of make it out in the below pic.



Cheers!

[tim510]

I was having a think about how this was done on my 510. The mouldings are installed into the rubber before the glass is installed (on a 510).

I'll have a look tonite

[psi999]

I have a feeling this might be the case, but that said the manual tells me they are installed while the glass/seal is in the car.

(Would not surprise me if the manual was incorrect however)

Just feels like I am missing a special tool… farking POS!

[tim510]

I'll try and remember to bring over my plastic trim tools I bought in japan.

[niggerjewz]

Are you talking about the silver trim around the rear windscreen? It looks the same as a r31. What you need to do is slide the little clips from the bottom up for the side trims, slide side ways for the bottom trims and then there should be little corner caps that clip on the ends.

Hard to explain, but basically they slide on and off. Chances are you will break a clip or two getting it on and off.

[niggerjewz]

To add to that, there should be a little lip you can see, match that up with the clips and slide up. It maybe be easier to remove the rear boot to get more leverage.

[Steve]

It's basically a spreader that's designed to hold the rubber tight against the glass, with the added bonus of being chrome. Yes it goes in after the glass is fitted. Getting it out's done carefully with a flat screwdriver so you don't bend it. Putting it back in is done with some form of lubricant, typically soap or liquid detergent. If re using old rubbers, good luck with that. Some heat may soften the rubber enough to make it pliable and a bit easier.