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The installation: install new weather-strip/gasket to the w/s, apply silicone grease to the groove where the aluminum trim goes and press that into place fully and carefully - you can bend it easily. Use DOW 111 compound which is a silicone grease [from McMaster-Carr] on the w/s and the windshield opening [after you have removed all the foreign stuff there].
Using a 1/8 nylon cord stuffed into the groove where the pinch weld will go, cross over at the bottom and with two assistants set the w/s into place at the bottom. This is where the experience counts. Someone has to know where to push, how much to push and slap and the inside guy has to be the cord puller and verbal guide. Pull the cord ends evenly while your assistants push and slap to keep it going where it's supposed to go. Pull the cord all the way around until they meet at the top.
Do not use any silicone adhesive anywhere on the gasket/trim...once you get the w/s seated you can "stretch" the oem w/s gasket to fit the corner gaps.
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