windshield replacement and chrome surround

[80spiddy]

If I understand the windshield replacement procedure correctly, the outside chrome on the windshield frame is connected to it and none of it has to come off separately. Is this correct?

[vandor]

You have to remove the chrome windshield frame to take out the windshield. Two bolts on each side under the
a-pillar, visible when the door is opened.

[Exit98]

Spiddy,

Here is the definitive post on replacing a windshield:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8227

[wizard124]

Read that thread carefully. If you pull the gasket off the lower pinch weld, the process gets a whole lot harder.
The pinch weld is like a "Y". I had to pull my dash to work that gasket back on the "Y" properly.