rear window trim
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 25
Likes: 0
rear window trim
so I took my 79' to the do it yourself car wash and while spaying the car off I managed to snap this clip that was holding the rear window trim on and while fixing it I managed to break the trim entirely off along with all the clips does anyone know how to replace them?
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 76,656
Likes: 1,847
From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Which part did you break? I get the impression you are on the outside window trim, but I'm not sure how you would break it.
Either way, here are both inside and out trim pictures.
Either way, here are both inside and out trim pictures.
Last edited by Willcox Corvette; Jan 8, 2015 at 01:45 PM.
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 76,656
Likes: 1,847
From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Getting the old out can be done with a set of side cutters and you just cut through the plastic clip. You have to be very careful not to touch the glass in any way... (because you know that poof sound the glass makes when it explodes..)
Pro
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 585
Likes: 2
From: Los Angeles California
I've actually replaced them with the glass in. It's not easy but it can be done. What you do is bend the push pin so that it has a radius to it. Then you can carefully push it in place with needle nose pliers.
Getting the old out can be done with a set of side cutters and you just cut through the plastic clip. You have to be very careful not to touch the glass in any way... (because you know that poof sound the glass makes when it explodes..)
Getting the old out can be done with a set of side cutters and you just cut through the plastic clip. You have to be very careful not to touch the glass in any way... (because you know that poof sound the glass makes when it explodes..)
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 76,656
Likes: 1,847
From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
10 Most Common Corvette Problems of the Last 20 Years!
Joe Kucinski
5 MOST and 5 LEAST Popular Corvette Model Years in History!
Joe Kucinski
2027 Corvette Buyer's Guide: Everything You Need to Know!
Joe Kucinski
10 Things C8 Corvette Owners Hate (But Won't Tell You)
Joe Kucinski
10 Best Corvettes Coming to Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach 2026!
Brett Foote
Every Corvette Grand Sport Explained! (C2, C4, C6, C7, & C8)
Joe Kucinski
Grand Sport & Grand Sport X Launch Alongside All-New 535hp LS6 V8!
Michael S. Palmer
5 Reasons Bad Drivers Crash & 5 Ways to Avoid a Costly Mistake!
Joe Kucinski
7 Bolt-On Upgrades From Extreme Online Store to Level Up Your C6 Corvette
Pouria Savadkouei
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,734
Likes: 276
From: Port Huron MI
Not trying to hijack the thread, or anything, but I have to chime in to add that WILLCOX ROCKS! (Sounds like a good marketing slogan).
Consistently helpful, expert, and genuinely kind. What a great group of people.
Consistently helpful, expert, and genuinely kind. What a great group of people.
Race Director
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 19,294
Likes: 2,753
From: Charlotte NC
I've actually replaced them with the glass in. It's not easy but it can be done. What you do is bend the push pin so that it has a radius to it. Then you can carefully push it in place with needle nose pliers.
Getting the old out can be done with a set of side cutters and you just cut through the plastic clip. You have to be very careful not to touch the glass in any way... (because you know that poof sound the glass makes when it explodes..)
Getting the old out can be done with a set of side cutters and you just cut through the plastic clip. You have to be very careful not to touch the glass in any way... (because you know that poof sound the glass makes when it explodes..)
In most of the cases where these clips are snapped off and broken....the darn urethane and the window is so close to it...it is POINTLESS. Heck...as you know they are FUN to do even if the glass is out of the way.
Yeah...just ONE NICK in that glass and POOF. I have learned that anything I 'feel' that a 'poof scenario' can occur on any tempered glass....I apply my 'crash wrap'...so if it does...at least it is all together and clean up is easy and shards getting in my eyes is almost non existent.
WILLCOX helps Corvette owners in so many ways. An ASSET to the FORUM and the Corvette industry.
DUB