No adhesive is used. Only the clips hold it on. What you thought was adhesive was probably the glass installation adhesive that squeezes out from around the glass when it's installed.
The plastic strips...I can only theorize that they were for preventing rattling or scuffing of the trim against the glass. I think it was only used on the back glass, but don't know for sure. They aren't a necessity. I was thinking that if I were going to replace it, I'd use some glass setting "tape". It's material that's used to put side glass and chrome frames together on older cars, so it should work well for this purpose.
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