Guys - My rear quarter window chrome is badly pitted, the weather strip piece is shot. I have a new GM chorme piece and weatherstrip I got at a swap meet almost 10 years ago still in the plastic. How do I replace this chrome piece? IT seems to me molded around the edge of the glass...and the weatherstrip seems to be secured by a small screw at the base of the chrome piece? Can someone walk me through the steps? Do I remove the quarter window first?


THanks so much...JD

You don't have to take the window out.Leave the weather strip on the chrome & pull at the top of the chrome strip. It is held on the glass by a rubber strip inside the chrome strip. If the new weather strip is not installed on the new chrome put some liquid soap on the edge of the rubber & slide it up into the chrome channel, then put the screw in the bottom. There is a rubber insert in the chrome, take that out & install it on the glass where the chrome goes. Put some liquid soap on that & push the chrome on.

Brad

The chrome has a rubber U strip in it. They may have had some glue holding them togather. At this age, some just fall off but some are a bear to pull off. Might try putting a wood block against it and tapping with a soft hammer...:confused:

JD,

I did mine a few months ago and am no expert but here is what I did and it worked well. You don't need to take the quarter windows out of the car if you don't want to but I just had to do that last month to replace a broker roller and it wasn't that hard. It's all just time and money, right?

Your old chrome will probably pull of your quarter window. Mine did. Try working it off from one end - a rubber mallet might help. This might be the part that is easier to do if the glass is out of the car. The screw in your old one only holds the weatherstrip into the chrome, so take that out to use in your new one. There is a strip of material between the glass and the chrome (can't remember what it's called) that you will need to get from a local auto glass shop. There are different thicknesses so take a piece of the old one with you to show the glass shop what you need. If you have the glass out of the car you could take the whole thing to him. You soak this material in oil and put it between the glass and chrome. The oil expands the material and holds the trim in place - along with keeping out the elements.

I'm no expert, as you can probably tell, but this was a pretty easy thing to do. FYI - try using dish soap on the rubber if it doesn't want to slide into the chrome. Good luck.

Steve

Once again this board has helped me with a job that I had no idea how to do. Thanks, to al who responded, my new chrome and seal are in place..the liquid soap was great hint.

A whimsical footnote...I bought my 67 RS back in 1987...that same year I bought a bunch of parts at a swap meet in Carlaisle PA which included the GM rear qurter chrome....must have paid 20 bucks or so I would guess. Tonight I see this same GM rear quarter chrome goes for 163.oo in RIcks cat. The camaro gods wee sure looking out for me that day in 1987!

thanks again to all my Camaro buds who responded and helped...:beers: