I am going to be the dissenting opinion here and say just do the best you can and mask it. If you are very careful and don't overspray too much on the rubber you should be able to carefully take a knife and scrape off that tiny strip of paint you MIGHT get on the rubber. I wouldn't risk making a problem where one doesn't exist. Now, if the seal was known to be bad anyway or the glass delaminating , then pull it. But , to me the added expense of a seal, a moron to put it in and a potential broken glass and scratched fresh paint on a 20 yr old non-show car ain't worth the aggravation.

And yeah, I found rust under my seal, but I wouldn't pull it just to see if its there....

Just my two pfennigs...

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