Exterior

Side Rear Window Removal

Get some chord (I used nylon-type wound chord) something thicker than kite string, but not
hay bale sized, either. If possible, slather some silicone lube (Wurth's, for example) to make it
slicky slidey. Three or four feetwill do.

1. Open back hatch. From inside the car, somewhere along the lower edge of the quarter
glass/seal, lift up on the lip of the seal against the window opening in the body. I found the
area closest to the back seat where the glass makes the curve toward the back of the car easiest
to work with.

2. While putting pressure outward on the glass at that spot, try to stuff some chord under the
seal, over the glass opening lip of the body, and as far as you can toward the outside of the
glass.

3. Assuming you didn't get the chord all the way under the seal to the outside, use wood or a
nylon 'stick' or something else to fish for the chord from the outside. I found one of those
wood skewers for shish-kabob an excellent tool for this purpose. If you are REALLY brave and
wish to join 'Beer Can Mechanic' brotherhood, you can use a flat blade screwdriver or any
other choice that will scratch your paint with any misstep.

4. Once you've fished the chord to the outside, grasp the chord at each end (one arm inside the
backhatch area and the other outside the car) and using a slow-saw movement, carefully pull
the chord in such a way that it curls the lip of the seal (as viewed inside the car) over and out of
the window opening in the body. Be mindful that this happens only while the chord is being
passed toward the outside of the car, and if you aren't careful, you will cut the seal with the
chord.

5. Once you get about 1/3 of the window seal outside of the body opening, you should be able
to press on the glass from the inside to get the rest to let go. Use care and use the chord to
relieve more of the seal if it's still too tight at this point.

See separate Tips for window installation.

Good luck!

JP Rodkey
79 Euro