Nice tip with the soapy water. I did mine a few months ago and broke the windshield trying to pry the broken pieces of the old one out. I'm not sure if someone glued the old one in there perhaps, but it was a costly mistake. I also can't get a few inches of one side to fit nicely down in the channel, so I'll try the soapy water trick.

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