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Trunk weatherstripping
« on: July 19, 2007 - 04:16:11 PM »
I am trying to put on my trunk weatherstripping and don't know which way it goes. Could someone post a pic of theirs. Thanks
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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2007 - 05:23:39 PM »
I'm sorry I don't have pics, but it's easy to do. It lays up against the inner lip, is the best I can describe. The thicker side goes towards the trunk, the thinner towards the outside. I glued mine down, and had to cut a couple of extra inches off of it. I made my seem at the bottom(near the trunk lock), so there was no chance of water getting in.

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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2007 - 05:28:26 PM »
made this drawing some time back for someone who did not know how to orient the seal
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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2007 - 05:31:51 PM »
made this drawing some time back for someone who did not know how to orient the seal

Once again, thank you Wade!!  :wave:


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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2007 - 05:35:26 PM »
Once again, thank you Wade!!  :wave:


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no need for thanks...I get much more out than I put in....just hopes it gets shatar pointed in the right direction.  :smokin:
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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2007 - 05:43:07 PM »
no need for thanks...I get much more out than I put in....just hopes it gets shatar pointed in the right direction.  :smokin:

Yep,

  Like no water in the trunk.   :lol:

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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2007 - 05:55:15 PM »
Does this look right?
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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2007 - 06:42:58 PM »
Hard to tell much but that lip that is pointing up is definitely not on my OE seal....who made that piece?

Here is a recently posted pic(cuda guys car) & it kind of looks like what you have
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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2007 - 08:48:38 AM »
Hard to tell much but that lip that is pointing up is definitely not on my OE seal....who made that piece?

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I had this problem a while back.  I've ordered three OE trunk seals for my car before I got something that looked like what came off the car.


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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2007 - 09:38:34 AM »
There are two grades of trunk seals available. The more expensive looks more like the original and fits better and elimates the need to slam the trunk lid.
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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2007 - 09:41:06 AM »

I had this problem a while back.  I've ordered three OE trunk seals for my car before I got something that looked like what came off the car.
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Where did you buy it from?
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Re: Trunk weatherstripping
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2007 - 10:44:36 AM »

Where did you buy it from?

Don't remember all of it, but I know that one of the incorrect seals was Year One.  I later figured out that it was correct for an earlier year.  I think the other may have been The Paddock, and if I recall correctly the right one came from some place that specialized in soft parts.  It's still in the bag, so I'll check when I get home.

Also, re: Tony's comment, when I say they were incorrect, I mean an incorrect cross-section, i.e., completely the wrong shape.


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