Drip rail trim removal tool ?

[73dart360]

I am i in need of a trim removal tool for the drip rail chrome , i tried a Church key bottle opener but it did not reach , can somebody tell me if there is a place local or any tool that somebody uses to get these off, this is a vinyl top car 1970 Dodge Dart, there is also trim on the rear deck lid below the rear window area this trim is fastened round headed screws drilled into the body , the trim snaps onto the head is there a trick to getting these off

 

[TrailBeast]

The ones without nuts inside the trunk you can sometimes push or pull the trim sideways (toward the front and back of the car) and they might come off without destroying the plastic clip, but not very often.
Usually they are so hard from age they break anyway.

For the drip rail trim I use a long thin flat tip screwdriver and get under the end of the trim with it and start working it up in as long a section at a time I can get the screwdriver under.
Straightening out the slight curve it sometimes makes is a pain, but care and patience is the trick.

Putting the trim back on I used a section of fuel line split down the side and a pair of channel locks to lightly crimp it back on little at a time and moving back a forth up and down the trim. (gradually crimping it so as not to get any ripples from the pressure)
The fuel line helps even and spread the pressure out over a bit larger area.

While I had my trim off I extended the drain just enough so water running towards the back of the car didn't go right down between the glass and body into the quarter panel. Just FYI since you are working in that area anyway.

 

[6pk2goDemon]

Our member cosgig has a great idea for a homemade tool. Here's the thread....

Drip Rail Removal Tool

 

[Dodge33]

There is an article (post) that was written by member (Cosgig) about how he had excellent luck using a single piece of harwood flooring and he also mentioned you can get a free example of it from Home Depot, if you do not have any other access to get one. He has pic's posted in that post of how it is done. You could go to the Search Forum and type in Cosgig, and try to find that post! Good Luck.

 

[grimreaper]

I always use a tool similar to what COSGIG suggested but even simpler. I just go to my woodworking scrap box and get a hardwood stick that is somewhere around 1" wide and 3/8 to 1/2 thick and use it to pry the bottom lip of the drip rail up.

 

[growdude]

I used an old flat type bottle opener and wrapped masking tape around the flat part and just eased my way around it and it popped right off i did have to use a larger type of the bottle opener not the small one.

 

[cosgig]

I always use a tool similar to what COSGIG suggested but even simpler. I just go to my woodworking scrap box and get a hardwood stick that is somewhere around 1" wide and 3/8 to 1/2 thick and use it to pry the bottom lip of the drip rail up.

Cosgig and the reaper come from the same cloth and use what they has!!!