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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GTamas" data-source="post: 1525345" data-attributes="member: 30240">Once the lower tackstrips have been unscrewed from the trunk area (twelvepoint 13mm nuts, very uncomfortable to reach them) and removed from the studs, I got a better view on the problem area:[ATTACH=full]27212[/ATTACH]The staples came lose from the tackstrip. I think I used too short staples. I used 6mm ones because this is what I found in it when I first fixed it, but the top was not original, so I think it was installed with wing staples also back then.I found a staple somewhere in the strip that seems to be probably the oem type:[ATTACH=full]27213[/ATTACH]It is shaped like a blade, and the advantage of it is that the two legs bow in opposite directions when shot to the tack strip, so they hold very well. I couldn't find such staples to buy in stainless steel, so now I will use 10mm stainless steel staples. It's important to use stainless steel, otherwise you will have trust issues.So then I removed on the bottom the staples which hold the outer flap of the top to the strip, so I can fold it up to reveal the window vinyl material completely:[ATTACH=full]27214[/ATTACH]I put two carton boxes under the glass to support it. Then I removed all the staples that (still) hold the window to the top rail strip.[ATTACH=full]27217[/ATTACH]</blockquote>