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Getting the thin ss trim to insert properly into the dog-leg slots in the rubber, even using soapy water or WD-40 to lube it, is tricky at best. Having inserted the glass & rubber in our car first, I was never able to make the last corner of the last trim piece stay down. So after looking at it, I decided the bare rubber looked as good as blacked-out trim, was cheaper and far less trouble, so my trim pieces wound up on a shelf in the shop. If your trim has even the slightest bend, you're headed for trouble no matter what method of insertion you use.
And once the trim is in place in the gasket, raising the outside edge of the rubber to shoot silicone glass sealer underneath- to guarantee no water leaks- is even more difficult. If you do this, remember there are two completely different types of silicone/RTV. The common one will CAUSE corrosion, not prevent it because it exhudes acetic anhydride which reacts with atmospheric moisture to form acetic acid that attacks steel. Glass-sealing silicone exhudes acetaldehyde- an odorless, volatile solvent. So if you smell vinegar from your silicone, it's the wrong stuff!