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FHC rear window chrome trim

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Evening Ya'll, Today Chuck and I decided it was time to approach the daunting task of installing the rear window chrome, I had heard that this was a difficult task made worse by the small and subtle variations in the aftermarket chrome trims available from the usuals.  This one did not disappoint but given some of the horror stories I've heard went relatively smoothly only taking Chuck and I 5 hours including lunch and coffee ;-) This is the critically important task of protecting the surrounding finish from scratches and glue Ready to start This is Chuck, the owner of this beautiful 71 E Type holding the upper trim piece.  After several tried it became apparent that it wasn't going to go easily so we got out the 3 M Window Weld, a polyurethane adhesive intended for this application. Honestly, can't se why I included this picture 4+ hours later here's the finished chore, we used the Window weld and clamps to keep the pieces in place and sent