Gene,
Surprised by the cost of the 5th bow bungees. My Brother-in-Law, who lives in Chicago, got me 2 genuine Nissan bungees for $25.
Anyway, had a go at removing the rear raill weather strip as I wanted to put a 'Stormsure' patch on the inside of the roof where it was wearing between the door window and rear window - a common fault. While I was there I wanted to see what sort of job replacing the bungees would be.
You were right about the cutout. It was clipped over a plastic clip. Removing it was a bitch and replacing it was worse. I don't think I even needed to do this as I could have just removed the rubber strip from the rail and left everything else in place. With the rubber strip removed it was quite easy to remove the fabric roof from the rail.
The bungee replacement didn't look as easy as I first thought so I've put that job aside for another day as my tonneau cover only hits the rail gently when cold and is fine when warm.
If you do decide to do this take my advice on the weather srip and only remove the absloute minimum that you have to.
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