Window Frame Trim Panel, Removing And Installing: Removing

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-- Lower the door window.

-- Remove the door trim panel. Refer to REAR DOOR TRIM PANEL, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- If equipped, remove the screws -1- and remove the mounting eye -2- from the window frame.

Fig 1: Removing Screws -1- And Remove Mount -2- From Window Frame

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-- Loosen the trim panel at the ends of the adhesive pads -1- and -3- from the door using the Trim Removal Wedge :3409 .

Fig 2: Window Frame Trim Panel & Window Frame Trim Panel

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-- Pry off the window frame trim panel -2- starting at the bottom and carefully working along the length of the window guide to the top rear -arrows-.

-- Remove the trim panel downward from the window frame.