No. It is perfectly fine to leave the plastic strip on. The strip is there to keep the shingles from sticking together in the bundle.
Try to remove this strip while doing a ten or fifteen square roof and watch your time a frustration rise.
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If there is only one set of shingles on the roof, cover over it. If two, remove the old and then apply the new.
It is very easy to remove front water deflector. Just pull with your fingers and the metal strip will removable. Behinde the metal strip is a plastic trip, this part is removable too with finger.
remove the plastic trip pieces around the subwoofer including the strip at the back of the vehicle and the pillar trim with the tweeter and unscrew it from the stock box
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remove the plastic strip down the middle of the valve cover. you should fine wires and coils.
Most will have a layer of plastic-like fabric underneath but older shingles may just have plywood underneath.
The plastic strip is not replaceable since the strip isn't available as a separate part. The regulator assembly which contains the strip is what needs replaced.
remove the seat scoot the gas tank toward the rear and its a little black box with an Allen wrench cap(be carefull not to strip the cap as it is made of plastic and will strip easilly)
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It's under the hood near the windshield. Lift up the small panel right in the middle to inspect or clean the posts. To remove the battery you remove the entire plastic panel--remove the weather strip (it just slips on) about 10 inches from the windshield, slide the full-width plastic panel toward the front of the car and remove it.
We need to tear out a spot on our roof. How difficult is it to remove and replace roof shingles on our own?