I must have real good luck or sumthin, cause i set mine down on my workbench with it sitting on angled ends of shield. I pulled it by myself also, just the way I said I did, with a razor blade, and tapping it out with my hand. It definitely is a pain in the ass cleaning all the old sealant off. That took easily twice as long as pulling it out. As far as installing one, I havent done that yet. Was talkin with my bud who broke his windhield, and I guess a shop got him a window for his 91 runner, removed old one, and installed new one for 190 bucks, so honestly, id go that route, way worth it IMO.