[Shotimes] Window trim info needed

[Kevin & Cheryl Airth]

Ron:
 The bottom trim is easy to replace. Some people have found good pieces at
the junk yard. I replaced all 4 with new. There are the ones with the chrome
trim and the all black ones. Only two nuts and carefully pry up on the ends
to pop out the clips. I don't know if they are still available new but I
have these part numbers:

F4DZ-5421453-B  Left Front chrome outer door belt Weather-strip
F4DZ-5421452-B  Right Front chrome outer door belt Weather-strip
F14Y-5425597-A  Left Rear chrome outer door belt Weather-strip
F14Y-5425596-A  Right Rear chrome outer door belt Weather-strip

About $40 each for the fronts and about $50 each for the rears. I paid $30
and $35 through the discount Ford dealers.
.
.
They are still available. The fronts are now $50 list and about $40
discount. You can probably beat this price but I found them here:
http://www.burdford.com
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.



> I'm getting the bubbling at the bottom of one of the rear windows, and I
> recall hearing about what a PITA it is to replace those pieces.
>
> Has anyone come up with a method to refinish the existing trim pieces on
the
> car? I just poked out some of the corrosion, and colored it over with a
> black Sharpie pen, but this is truly a stopgap measure!!
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Kevin & Cheryl Airth
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 11:43 AM
> To: Russ M.; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Window trim info needed
>
>
> Russ:
>  Were you able to remove the old one intact? Did you replace it with a new
> part? I destroyed 3 different cars in the junk yard attempting to pull it
> out undamaged. I finally just gave up and decided that I would likely
cause
> more damage to my car than good. The Helm manual pretty much backed up
what
> I ran into. Any tips because I DON'T like finding any repair that I can't
> do!
> Thanks.
> .
> .
>
>
> >   I've replaced a few of these...not fun,  but certainly can be done.
> > Somewhat self-explanatory with the interior panel and glass removed.
> >   It's one piece around both sides and the top,  so there is no
> > replacing just the top.
> >   Check availability before tearing into it, of course.
> >
> >   Russ
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Kevin & Cheryl Airth <clubairth@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> > > It's a mess and I would not even attempt to change one.
> > > .
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a 95 MTX and I'd like to replace the rubber trim that goes
> > > around
> > > > the three sides of my two rear windows. On the passenger side, the
> > > piece
> > > > of trim that goes above it (it runs horizontally) is actually
> > > broken. But
> > > on
> > > > both rear windows it looks like there is bubbling up under the
> > > rubber near
> > > > the bottom. It looks like underlying metal has corroded.
> > > >
> > > > I've looked in the factory manual and I think  they call this piece
> > > the
> > > > "window run". Is that right? If so there are all sorts of cautions
> > > on
> > > > replacing it b/c the underlying metal can be damaged.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know how difficult/expensive this is to replace?
> > > >
> > > > Actually, if I could just replace the top broken piece I would be
> > > happy.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > >
> > > > Ed Mazurek
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