Yossarian14

My cars going into paint and Im just trying to figure out if Its nessesary to keep that rain gutter along the side windows in. Any information would be great, thanks.

PhAnToMs

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well if you take them off your cars body will not be strong enough to hold all the weight so your car will make a V down the middle and your *** will be on the ground

jk theres a pic on hree somwhere that has them removed it only stops rain other than that makes the car look nice

irocbirdbuilder

Do a search for my name and i believe it was "detailed drip rail removal with pics" i shaved em off of mine and i htink it looks 1k times better, you really should take em off to paint the car anyway,

Sonar_un

I didn't think any of these cars came with a drip rail..

1989karr

this is the small black thing on the roof above the windows right? If I'm not mistaken, didn't only the camaros have that? Just out of curiosity

18inchboyds

my 85 ta doesnt have them but my 82 mecham does, i never knew what they were until i saw them on the mecham . I wouldnt put them back on if you were gonna repaint a car .

Yossarian14

I have a 86 z28 and thats what Im curious about. Its a black trim that goes around the edge of the side windows. Its already taken off so no worry there but Im just wondering if if Im putting that back on, I really dont like how it looks. Any ideas?

1989karr

I'm kinda mixed about it. I kinda like the looks, yet don't...weird eh???...but I do know that without it (Firebird), when the roof gets water on it, that water just pours into the cabin if you're window is open! Don't know if it prevents it though.

irocbirdbuilder

I had em off for a few weeks before it went to the painters and in those weeks i got caught in the rain quite a few times and i really didnt see any difference between not having em and having em, i think they give the camaro's a different roof line, really if you jsut saw a firebird and a camaro in a parking lot nose to nose but could only see from teh top of the doors up the only way you could tell is by the drip rails, personally i prefer the smooth look of not having em.

Like i said search for what i said earlier to find the removal pics, only have some afters right now but if you have em you know how they look on there