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Looking for rear window trim/molding

My rubber rear window molding is in very poor shape now - it's close to cracking all the way through and has been severely warped and discolored for years. I have been unable to find NOS molding so I hope to be able to find, and retrofit if needed, some metal molding from an '87 model.

Does anyone have a car they can pull this stuff from? I'm also curious how the stuff mounts to the original vehicle.
1988 Thunderbird Sport

Looking for rear window trim/molding

Reply #1 –
If you are talking about the lower part of rear glass molding mine is cracked as well. I have searched for some time with no luck. Curious to see what you do with the "retrofit".
87 Tbird LX w/Factory floor shifter:D   3G upgrade. Tinted Windows...85 Mustang GT steering wheel(non-cruise) 17'' Saleen SC style wheels,Front/Rear TC sway bars/poly bushings & Mustang GT steering rack...'05 Mustang V6 springs...93 Cobra MC & booster, MM adjustable C/C plates,  Work  In  Progress.......  ( On The Shelf---HO computer, 19lb injectors, HO cam, BBK headers, Explorer Intake, Cold Air Intake ,Phantom Gauges, Stinger stainless exhaust pipes )
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Looking for rear window trim/molding

Reply #2 –
The entire single-piece rear glass molding on my car. It has been lifting in the corners for years, cracking all along the length, and the hard, brittle rubber (more like plastic today) is stained a light gray (no longer black). Of course my rear 1/4 windows also look terrible as the "rubber" is a hard, disintegrated mess, and this is from the relatively mild Pacific Northwest weather. I have no idea how bad everyone else's vehicles are in the areas closer to the equator.
1988 Thunderbird Sport

Looking for rear window trim/molding

Reply #3 –
I have a Bird local to me that the trim is still intact and looks great. I can probably get it for a decent price, but shipping would suck.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Looking for rear window trim/molding

Reply #4 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;446809
I have a Bird local to me that the trim is still intact and looks great. I can probably get it for a decent price, but shipping would suck.

Good-condition rubber would fold up without issue. Anything brittle enough where it can't should probably be ignored. I'd love to find how to swap over to the metal trim.
1988 Thunderbird Sport