Leave the weather stripping where it is your screwdriver will go in beside it and there are about 12 or so screws around it and the 4 big bolts in the bottom covered by little plastic snap ins then there is a rubber gasket between each of those holes between inner and outer shell. It is time consuming but not hard to do. There are also a few screws on the bottom of the trunk that has to be removed.
Thank you,
I got it finally and I super glued those little clips back in place.
Thank you both again,
Bryan