The windshield upper header molding was deleted on all WK and XK Jeeps built after November 7, 2006, resulting in a very unfinished and unattractive look.
The top photo is without the molding, the bottom photo is with the molding:
The molding is made of soft rubber with a stiff backing (not hard plastic like the windshield side moldings). It is designed to be installed underneath the top of the windshield, so adding it without removing the windshield can be a little tricky.
A back edge on the molding needs to be cut off in order to install it over the windshield. This can be done with a sharp knife. I took my Jeep to a glass shop and had them install the molding using the normal black adhesive used for windshield installs.
If you look carefully in the photo you can see a slight rippling across the molding. We tried as hard as we could to flatten the molding out while it was drying but still ended up with some ripples. However, in my opinion it still looks much better than not having the molding at all.
Before I did this "mod" I had checked with several glass shops in the area to see if they happened to have an alternative molding made for a different vehicle that would fit the WK, no luck. Maybe someone else interested in doing this mod will find a better alternative, a molding that would lay perfectly flat.
The part # for the WK OEM molding is 55394511AB. MSRP is $14.85.
Rear view of the molding. The lower part is the channel designed to fit around the top edge the windshield.
Part of the channel has to be cut off in order to install the molding without removing the windshield.
The top photo is without the molding, the bottom photo is with the molding:
The molding is made of soft rubber with a stiff backing (not hard plastic like the windshield side moldings). It is designed to be installed underneath the top of the windshield, so adding it without removing the windshield can be a little tricky.
A back edge on the molding needs to be cut off in order to install it over the windshield. This can be done with a sharp knife. I took my Jeep to a glass shop and had them install the molding using the normal black adhesive used for windshield installs.
If you look carefully in the photo you can see a slight rippling across the molding. We tried as hard as we could to flatten the molding out while it was drying but still ended up with some ripples. However, in my opinion it still looks much better than not having the molding at all.
Before I did this "mod" I had checked with several glass shops in the area to see if they happened to have an alternative molding made for a different vehicle that would fit the WK, no luck. Maybe someone else interested in doing this mod will find a better alternative, a molding that would lay perfectly flat.
The part # for the WK OEM molding is 55394511AB. MSRP is $14.85.
Rear view of the molding. The lower part is the channel designed to fit around the top edge the windshield.
Part of the channel has to be cut off in order to install the molding without removing the windshield.