shaving my drip rails, 73 dart

SO i have decided to shave my drip rails while waiting for parts on the hemi and tranny.

Pulled the trim off the passenger side yesterday, little confused on how everyone is doing this. I can see the actually drip rail needs to be cut off and ground..this is the pinch weld. I understand that.

What gets me is the chrome peace that holds the weather stripping, I have read others say there is a special clip or something that will hold the weather stripping, so you can shave the chrome piece off as well...I think this will look a little weird, but does anyone have any pictures? suggestions? Im wondering if instead of shaving that chrome strip off, maybe painting it black to match the weather stripping might be a better route.