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EBSTEVE
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Joined: September 11, 2005
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Location: Snohomish wa
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 Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 7:12 pm Post subject: Trunk seal installation |
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I'm trying to install the trunk seal on the 54 I'm building my wife and the seal is kicking my butt. It's a Wolfsburg West seal and I can not get it to go with silicone spray and a plastic door tool.
Are there any tricks that may help or is there another supplier that makes one that fits better (maybe smaller)? I assume the WW seal would be factory size but I'm running out of ideas and I don't want to screw up the paint.
Thanks for any ideas / help out just sympathy if it's really this bad 😅 |
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Dan22
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Joined: August 30, 2019
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Location: Battle Ground, WA
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piet&som
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Location: Toxandria
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:29 am Post subject: Re: Trunk seal installation |
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Stretching sometimes helpes but if the diameter is too thick it will give trouble.
Original it's 3 mm, lots of aftermarket seals are 4 mm or even thicker. That makes it very hard to slide in even with baby powder or lubrication.
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aa390392
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Location: So.Cal
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Trunk seal installation |
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Not sure, but at 1 time someone made a tool to help ya along when installing the seal.
Sorry I dont have a link. Anyone?
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Dan22
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Location: Battle Ground, WA
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:37 am Post subject: Re: Trunk seal installation |
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I bought some of WW C channels and they are not good either. Shape is not C shape but rather U shape so it does not capture the seal. Needs to be crimped down to work. The originals were C shaped.
Just not all good repops out there I guess. Old ones I bought like 40 years ago were too small and loose in the groove.
Wonder how WCM seals are?
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