Yes John I felt the same way. I made a couple of gaskets out of some thin vinyl, but they were too much and had to take them off and go with metal against paint. At least you are a painter. On the older cars the screen comes off without much difficulty, but I had some problems getting that windscreen on the newer one. Mine might have been tighter than normal because of some body work in that area, but your car looks like an unmolest one, so you might not have the same problems. I used new screws with nice cleanly chased threads and had difficulty getting the forth screw to start. I blue taped all the upper area and spread grease everywhere to help things wiggle. I loosened up the screws on the side to give some more wiggle, and I had 2 good skilled men helping and still struggled. We finally got it, and I do not want to take it off to look cool. I had the mirror off also, and putting that back on with the screen on is also a challenge.
steve