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Old Jun 11, 2010 | 11:12 PM
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I'm doing a paint job on a friends bird and after i took the drip rails off i noticed it would look alot better without them on the car at all. Has anyone ever removed these? i'm not sure if it would cause a problem with letting water come around the window seal or not.

FYI: its the small black lip that runs along the roof and down the windshield following the curvature of the door glass
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 07:40 AM
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Personally, I would leave them there as it helps to break up the roof line IMO. I had to replace one of mine a while back and noone on here seems to know much about these as I got very little response to questions on how to pull them off. Whatever you do it will look good, this is just my .02.
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Old Jul 3, 2010 | 02:57 PM
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well after i messed up the first one i figured out how to take the other one off lol. the car s all painted and everything, and it looks good without it. i doubt any will be going back on
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post pics
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Originally Posted by crimson_bird
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this!!
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it wouldn't do any good right now. there are no bumpers, hatch, or windshield in the car. ill get them up though!
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