Here are my outer brushes, pulled from the inside of a parts car. I had to replace the clips from my original outer brushes so the chrome trim would fit back in place. I washed the felt surface with Simple Green and water, then put a light coating on 303 Aerospace Protectant on the exposed rubber portion.

These do get a little bent out of shape in storage, or sometimes upon removal, but the insides are a serrated metal and they can easily be shaped flat again (and need to be flat to fit perfectly against the glass). I like to carefully squeeze on the hollow portion of the rubber to make it have a little tension on the glass, and then they eventually conform to the proper shape.

I like to remove the inner brushes by pushing up on them with a large, flat screwdriver, putting a rag on the top of the door to prevent scratching. I use a plastic prybar on the outside brushes to lift off the trim at each clip area, though if it's really stuck a screwdriver can work if you use a rag or something underneath to protect the paint.

The brushes are installed to the trim first (the clips are a pain, and you have to be totally accurate making sure that the ends of the brushes line up perfectly with the notches in the trim so the brushes fit into place on the glass when the trim/brush unit is installed).

Also, the outside rear view mirrors have to be removed to remove the front trim and brushes.

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