Hello
I needed to replace the weatherstripping on the passenger door on my '13 Fit. When I took out the old stripping the retainer tabs stayed in the door. I cannot take them out.
Meanwhile the new stripping comes with its own tabs. I thought about taking out the tabs from the new stripping and using the ones stuck in the door to hold the new stripping in place...but seems like a bad idea.

Any ideas on how to take the old tabs out to install the new stripping + its tabs?

Thanks in advance.
-Sachin

New stripping comes with its own retainer tabs

A couple of different retainer tabs stuck in the door from the previous weather stripping.

 

Did you ever get an answer to this? I'm facing a similar problem with the seals along bottom edges of the doors. The little plastic retainers stay in the door, and the new weatherstripping has retainers installed in it. I can't figure out how to remove the old retainers from the car door.

 

Pry them out first, then put the new ones in.

 

Any suggestions on how to pry them out without scratching the paint on the vehicle? Is there a plastic tool?

 

You could probably use plastic trim tools to do it. Or flathead wrapped in tape?

 

Yes, there are plastic trim tools. They don’t cost much anymore because they’re cheaply made in China. A good thing to have around if you plan to work on your car. Yes you can use screwdriver and yes you will scratch paint. Won’t you be covering it with rubber tho?

 

plastic trim tools shouldnt scratch your paint

 

That looks like it's for cell phone repair. You can find plastic trim tools like this that will give you a bit more leverage:

 

whoops

but, point being, it illustrates that plastic pry tools are fine / safe enough