Greetings all,
 
I'm looking for feedback from those of you who have successfully ( let me stress that magic word successfully) removed the trim from the rear.  I have a car in need of an unbroken trim, and a project car that is currently wearing a good set.  Only problem is that attempts at removal of the good bits only yields ominous squeaking creaking noises and a stubborn refusal to budge.
 
Has anyone found the magic incantation that will see this very rare and priceless component willingly unlatch itself?  All comments appreciated . . .

very slowly undo the screws HAHA
 
but you are still very likely to get some broken fixings. when you do get it off I really advise this little mod I did on mine. I used a tube of sikaflex 227 and an old toothbrush. Firstly glued all the fixings back on with the sikaflex, then using the tooth brush I smeared a thin layer of sikaflex over the entire inside of the trims. Then hit the outside with plastidip.
 
I had them sitting on a perch drying and the wind came and blew them all off and they hit the concrete. I know I was freaking out about them being smashed but they were just fine, no broken corners. I think I have successfully made them nice and strong again, resistant to cracking at the very least.

Thanks for the suggestion, but surprisingly it's not the screws that are the issue.  One (the last one, of course) was a little reluctant but I used a small battery driver on the screw and a plastic lever under the head, it saw reason and spun out nicely.
 
No, my problem is getting the trim to loosen its deathgrip on the body work.

oh wow, they shouldn't normally be that tight to the body work. if they are tight now the sikaflex will make it worse.
 
the set on my current car were tight. I just held my breath and reefed it off. (may or may not be good advise)
 
I found the reason mine were tight is the metal they slide over was bent, it waved abit so it was putting heaps of pressure against the trims

I had a funny feeling that was the problem.  Either bent, or perhaps a little rusty and has expended.  Patience seems to be the answer, then.  And a BIG screwdriver . . .

You know the drill, Dennis. If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger tool!
 

Simon, I have an experts opinion (Louise) that there is nothing wrong with the size of . . .
 
oops, sorry, I misunderstood what you were talking about.