steel pony

The part mentioned to order is the seal/insulation (#0125A70)
part number #51238 screws into the roofline. The seal goes between this part and the roofline.
Part #20708 is the rubber gasket that seals around the window

This is all covered by the interior A-Pillar IIRC. Remove that and you will have access to pull everything else apart. It's pretty straight forward from there...

WildAzCat

I noticed it right after I bought the car. I used an x-acto knife and trimmed it back as mine was sticking out further.

157dB

That is the foam that is suppose to be sealing
the clips that hold the plastic trim piece in place.
There is a TSB out on that associated with the
dreaded water leak TSB.

I occasionally push mine back in with a credit card.
I would nick my paint with an eXacto knife then I
would have a rust problem down the road...

The TSB PDF is enclosed...

SLVRSTNG06

Have it on both sides of my car too I try shoving it back in there from time to time, haven't really worried about it too much.

drummer829

Must be a ford thing in general, had something like that on my focus

kevsgt

i finally got around to doing this, and took some pictures. thanks for all the inputs.

First, the before pictures:




Now, removing the A-Pillar. Pulling down starting from the back end, then pulling the front end up and towards you.







Only had to partially pull down the weather stripping to access a few of the torx screws in the problem area.





Was able to separate the two pieces just enough to get access with a knife and cut away the protrusion. Try to cut far enough back so that if you make any cut marks against the mating piece they will not be visible when things are back together.





When reattaching the A-pillar cover, remember the A-pillar cover has a tab where it meets the door that gets tucked into the mating dash piece. I had it on the outside at first.



And afterwards:

waykooljr

Nice job! Thanks for the pics!