Re: Window tint

["Jim Haseltine" <Jim@ur-q.freeserve.co.uk>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Huw Powell <audi@mediaone.net>
> How did you get it out?  did you have to trash the little trim metal
> around it?
No. I pulled the lefthand window tonight - it is still in one piece, I keep
checking.....

This is my way of doing it - 2 Ur-q's (front & rear screens, both side
windows - 8 windows in total) all but one of the windows are undamaged

Caution - The lower trim has a hidden fixing inside the 'B' post.

Working inside the car,
Remove rear seat base
Remove rear seat back
Remove front seat
Remove carpet trim strip
Remove door seal
Remove lower 'B' post trim
Remove rear trim panel
Disconnect 'B' post upper seat belt mounting
Peel back upper 'B' post cloth trim from door aperture
near the bottom of the upper part of the 'B' post, hidden by the foam
padding is a hole that allows access to the lower window trim fixing - 1/4"
8mm thinwall socket and extension required
Remove trim fixing

Working outside the car
Prise off 'C' shaped trim finisher from rear of window
Gentley prise out lower trim strip from rubber - this is not as easy as it
sounds, this piece of trim grips pretty tightly
Prise out the two remaining pieces of trim - these are much easier
Insert (carefully) a blunt edged wide blade screwdriver (or similar) between
the rubber window seal and the 'B' post - warning, the seal has three (3)
'lips' the screwdriver has to go behind the rearmost lip. Spray WD40 or
similar alongside the screwdriver blade into the gap between the seal and
the bodywork. Gradually slide the screwdriver up the 'B' post and around the
top of the window seal to the rear corner of the window, reapplying WD40
when required (every 5-6 inches IME).

Back to working inside the car
Starting about 3/4 way down the 'B' post, using a blunt edged wide bladed
screw driver, ease the inner lip of the seal over the metal of the window
apperture (careful! if the screwdriver slips you may scratch the window - or
worse) and work upwards around towards the rear corner of the window. By the
time that you have got to withing a few inches of the rear corner you should
be able to lift out the window from the outside of the car.

Jim Haseltine