how do you remove the plastic strip on the outside of the A pillar??

I will give you the same advice everyone has given me, and dont take it as me being mean just helping you

take a pictures of what your talking about and embed in here.

If its the little piece of plastic at the back of the car next to the back hatch then just pull really hard and they come off, they are the horizontl piece of plastic that go between the body and the piece of metal that goes up to over your door.

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^^Thats the C pillar.

I think he's talking about the little strip that channels the rain up and over the car

Just pull it from the back its held on with clips Just give it a yank.