Hey guys, so in continuing with my quest to get my 1992 XJ6 in top notch condition, I have sourced a missing trim piece for the chrome trim on the rear windshield. It is the lower corner piece on the passenger side. I just don't see an easy way to get it in. Any ideas? Anyone ever run into this before and how did you resolve it?

 

It's a lot easier to do it than explain it.

The chrome trim is fitted under the lip on either side of the rubber. The left and right vertical arrows show the chrome at the RH side correctly inserted. The horizontal arrow shows where the bottom chrome is also correctly inserted. Your aim is to do the same with the corner.




At this point I'd better declare that I spent around five years in automobile safety glass manufacturing and fitting so what's easy to me may not be quite so simple to anyone doing it for the first time but it's not difficult. We used to use a flat bladed screwdriver which had been rounded at the top and smoothed with a grinder but I think a plastic trim tool is likely to be a better choice nowadays.

Use some washing up liquid or similar to lubricate the rubber and press the apex of the V of the corner piece into position in the corner (arrowed in yellow) so it's correctly positioned under the rubber lip:



Push the corner piece against the rubber and lift the lip (arrowed in green) over it with your chosen tool by sliding the tool along beneath the lip towards the corner. Keep the pressure on the corner piece until you've done both horizontal and vertical lips.

It should take longer to read the above than it does to fit the corner!

Graham

 

Thanks for the info GGG! Based on your very detailed instructions, I am going to give it a go this weekend and post back my results! Your instructions should be made into a sticky for sure!