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Saturday, July 8, 2017

8 July 2017 - Trunk Lid Seal

Today I removed the trunk lid to make preparations to install a replacement trunk lid seal.

Removing the old seal took about 2 hours or so to completely remove and clean up.

I used mineral spirits to help with removing the old sealant.  It worked very well.  I then used denatured alcohol to clean the seal surface of the trunk lid and also to clean the rubber seal.

After all of that, I used a 3M weather strip adhesive 08008, applied it to the trunk lid and the seal.  Installation of the seal wasnt too bad.  As I applied the seal, I taped it and when all of the seal was installed I cut it to fit.  I cut it 1/16" too short, hopefully that wont matter.