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I assume there is a barb on your trim strip that is too wide to easily be pushed in? Have you tried a heat gun to soften the barb so it will flex more? You might even need to trim the barb to fit.
There is a tool to assist with this... it spreads the groove open a bit. Dish soap may help along with things being warmed. I'll confess, I have not done this but have watched a pro do it (and of course it <span style="font-style: italic">looked</span> easy).
Once you are done I suggest you leave some excess, i.e. don't trim all the extra right away. Drive the summer with an extra inch or two. The trim will probably shrink some and if you trim right away for a perfect fit you may end the summer with a gap too large to cover with the trim clip.
I left it in the sun to soften up a bit and then used liquid soap detergent and a lot of thumb pressure to get it in the groove. I trimmed mine, put the cover cap on and never saw any shrinkage problem. My guess is that the shrinkage must happen when they heat the strip and then stretch it a bit as they install it. As it cools it probably retracts.
with BobbyD.... when I did mine, I also used a solution of dishwashing soap and water. Once it started I found it easy except for the corners. Good luck with it!
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