got my 65 back a couple days ago from the painters. took a couple days short of a full year to repair the damage from last christmas. anyhow while there they replaced the front window. the top passenger side corner trim keeps popping up. any ideas. i don't want to send it back to them cause i am tired of others holding my car. they did do a hell of a good paint job though.

 

BTT - mine has always done this a little also. I've learned to press it back down every couple of months but maybe someone has a fix.

Dan

 

Coupes have a special quarter/round shaped trim clip at the top of the windshield in each corner to keep the trim in place. They are often broken, missing, or incorrectly installed, so the trim pieces keep popping out. Sadly there is no easy fix, the glass must not be in place to fix/replace the clip.

Stepinwolf

 

As stated above, if the retainer thats holds the SST trim piece is broken, the glass must be removed to replace it. I would first remove the goo around this curved retainer and see if the two ears are still on each end. These two ears are concaved on the outboard side in order to capture the two ears on the trim piece. The two ears on the trim piece should be angled slightly inboard, in order to lock firmly into the concaved side of the retainer. Also the very end of the ears on the trim must have a rolled end/return, in order to hold them into the concaved ears of the retainer as well. You can use two needle nose pliers to adjust the ends of those trim ears to make their grip a bit more aggressive when captured by the retainer. Again, you gotta have a good retainer to start with. Good luck.
Craig

BTW If all else fails, you can glue it down. Flexible Sem-Weld 39708 works great. Clean the pooky from around the retainer. Sand the SST trim a little on the back side, including the ears. You don't need nor do you want a ton of this stuff in the recessed area. You just want to make a bridge between the trim piece and its mating surface, whatever it takes without this stuff oozing out all over the place. This way you can remove it without a big pain. This stuff kicks in approx 5-10 mins or so depending on temp. It's a 50 50 mix and remains flexible. The beauty of a fast kick time is, you can hold it right where you want it, with the right amount of pressure it takes to get it to lay flush. I would suggest experimenting with this stuff to get a feel for its strength and what it takes to seperate whatever you just bonded. I store it at 40 F, so I can use it for other things too.