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PinesSuperBeetle Tue Nov 04, 2025 5:18 pm

Trying to install new trunk hood seal (76 Super Beetle) but there’s not channel. What am I missing

67rustavenger Tue Nov 04, 2025 5:28 pm

Your car is likely missing the seal channel that came on all years VW's.
https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111813311

bugger-off Wed Nov 05, 2025 5:22 am

Thank you for NOT calling the trunk the "f" word.

vamram Wed Nov 05, 2025 7:13 am

bugger-off wrote: Thank you for NOT calling the trunk the "f" word.
LOL. I was thinking the same thing.

Anyway, I have a similar problem in my 74 Super, the paint shop filled in a good 2-foot stretch of the seal channel at the nose of the hood, most of the front apron piece. Rather than F-up my paint job trying to scrape out the paint, I went for this.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/VITAM-AMO-Weather-Strip.../462435320

lmar Sun Nov 09, 2025 1:40 pm

PinesSuperBeetle wrote: Trying to install new trunk hood seal (76 Super Beetle) but there’s not channel. What am I missing

Why not use the Mexican seal that was adopted for later models. It clips onto the lid sheet metal.

https://www.cip1.ca/vwc-111-827-705-mex/

L



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