B pillar vinyl removal

I used a hot air gun, an old credit card and a bit of petrol on a rag and soon shifted it.
 
I've just started this task - turns out a heat gun (or perhaps hairdryer) makes light work of removing it, tar remover/alcohol alone won't shift the cracked old trim. I also bought a plastic razor on amazon for £6 or so, works a treat for scraping it without damaging the paint - tar remover makes light work of the residue left behind.

It's possible to remove the old vinyl tucked under the window surround (vertical portion) just by opening the window and gently/temporarily levering the window surround to enable 4-5mm access, but the window bottom horizontal trim i've had to pop out to get behind and remove the old stuff, sadly this means a broken clip.

Anyone aware of the part number for the horizontal/bottom exterior window trim? I can probably push it back in again once vinyl re-fitted but if it's not perfect i'm going to replace it.
 
Big Ben said:
Advice needed please. Have ordered these:
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-CLIO-197-200-DOOR-B-PILLAR-TEXTURED-WEATHER-STRIP-EXTERIOR-VINYLS-/161886747225?hash=item25b133ba59:g:v18AAOSwZVhWRjkE&_trkparms=pageci%3Ae30b418a-2ff8-11e7-904b-74dbd180f70a%7Cparentrq%3Ace3401bc15b0a7f2315b712afffe6eae%7Ciid%3A1
Just need to know if anyone has removed their old ones and if so what did they successfully use?
Wondered if a heat gun would be better than a hairdryer to loosen the adhesive? What sort of scraper etc etc

Thanks in advance

Ben
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Used wife’s dyson hairdryer and various credit cards - took a long time - however rather enjoyed - drivers side appeared to have been attempted in the past, perhaps angrily as had been filled and re wrapped - got it sprayed and decided to keep free of vinyl - cars black so no
Biggie
 
Ppa said:
Used wife’s dyson hairdryer and various credit cards - took a long time - however rather enjoyed - drivers side appeared to have been attempted in the past, perhaps angrily as had been filled and re wrapped - got it sprayed and decided to keep free of vinyl - cars black so no
Biggie
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