I think the same designer who put the battery in the engine compartment without a rain hat had to be the same guy who designed the front trunk rubber seal. This is one of the worst weatherstripping solutions ever. Fill the channel with rubber and hope that moisture won't get under it. Why not just a simple edge seal like the rear trunk?
What kind of alternative seals have folks used? In the second pic, I took the edge seal from between the gas tank and trunk and put it on the edge. This seems so simple a solution. Has anyone tried this? Got pics? Problems with an edge seal?
The channel on my red 71 is in real bad shape and the channel on the green 74 is much better but still rusted through in several places.
Comparing these channels with the rear channels on both cars is night and day. Not a bit of rust around the rear trunk seals; just nice shiny paint.
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I've been looking for this also. Found a couple of possibilities.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ItemBrowse/c-10101/s-10101/p-100000163410/mediaCode-ZX/appId-100000163410/Pr-p_CATENTRY_ID:100000163410
This one is like the rear trunk seal.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ItemBrowse/c-10101/s-10101/p-100000219744/mediaCode-ZX/appId-100000219744/Pr-p_CATENTRY_ID:100000219744
Paul
Let us know how these work out if you use them, eventually we all will need some.
That front channel is indeed a rust incubator that many owners overlook or fail to acknowledge. Not as bad as the "hell hole" or the sail panel, but as you have pointed out, a moisture collector nonetheless.
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I have a front hood rubber, that doesn't want to stay in place up front on both sides of the light front lids. It doesn't look like they put a good application of adheasive.
Can someone tell me which is the BEST rubber adheasive out there for front hood, rear bumper, etc... on a 914.
thanks,
When I get my car back from its body work (Hi Shelby) I will have a notch cut in these two spots so water will run out . Just need to make sure the drain in the headlight buckets is not plug.
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Don't know if it works, but someone told me you can just lay the seal back in and skip the adhesive???? Maybe cut down on water retention?
Paul
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