Fitting new door to glass rubbers

[rover1066]

I have spent several hours fitting...attempting to fit. new rubbers to the drop-glass on all 4 doors of my P5B saloon. The rears weren't too much trouble, but so far the fronts are proving impossible to re-fit.

The stainless strips came off ok, but I can't re-locate the these trims with the new rubbers fitted because of the thick rubber surround at the base of the quarter-lights, that's supposed to flap over the trim once in situ. There seems to be no way to lift the rubber back/up enough to get the trims back on/locate all the spring clips.

Please...has anyone any tips to get these back on?

Many thanks

[lagain]

Have you got the old rubbers to check that the new ones are the same.
You could try using a little petroleum jelly (Vaseline) so that they are easier to seat.