Have a 1990 Audi V8 Quattro to do tomorrow. Has a nasty metal molding with metal teeth all around it. Any suggestions - never did one - how do you get that molding out?  FL Glass 7/11/01

If I recall, you should not plan on re-using the molding, get a new one. On most windshields we trim the excess vinyl interlayer from the edge of the glass, but in this case it may be a good idea to leave an excess as the interlayer excess can be a nice buffer between the edge of the glass and the metal molding. Good luck, with today's HV urethanes the job should not be too bad.  Illinois

Take the rubber molding off the metal and start from the middle bottom of w\s and then grab with pliers and pull molding off glass and then cut out with cold knife...get new molding...We use chrome flexi trim sometimes on cash customers; they cant afford the o.e.m molding...and the aftermarket stuff sucks  FXS

Get a new molding, and an o.e.m. is preferable. Pull the metal molding off the car if possible... if you can cold knife beneath the metal teeth, that's the best, but sometimes that's impossible. An equalizer works quite well for these, but you'll probably burn through a blade nicking it against the metal. Otherwise it's a messy battle...fight to the death.  Scott

Did one of these about a year ago and ended up going back three times for stress cracks because of the precision molding. Finally used flex trim with the chrome strip. Worked well and customer liked it better then OE molding.  Rich