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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 08:51 AM |
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Using mexican style seals but what about rear of hood??
Hi all,
As the title suggests the PO of my beetle has destroyed the seal retainer for the hood. I had planned to delete the seal retainer during the resto to
prevent them rusting  However everywhere I have look says to use the
original seal at the rear of the hood if I use the Mexican style seal elsewhere.... I really dont want to replace the seal retainer and buy two seals
if I dont have to.... What have others done ????
Thanks in advance
Dane
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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 09:10 AM |
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I have mexican seal fitted but not top seal near window. So far no water has gotten in even in heavy rain and washing car. So i haven't worried about
fitting one.
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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 09:32 AM |
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Sweet.... Another idea I had was to glue some compressible dense foam rubber along that lip. Do the Mexican seals stand out ???
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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 09:42 AM |
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No they dont stand out and they seal the hood better reducing airflow.
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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 09:57 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Sweet.... Another idea I had was to glue some compressible dense foam rubber along that lip. Do the Mexican seals stand out ???
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That is what I did ant I think it came up well
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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 10:04 AM |
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They are good for getting rid of the rust problem. For me, that's where it stops. I don't like the look of them, they make the bonnet/decklid look
heavy (thick, black edge) when up, and they get knocked where as the og seal doesn't so much as it's protected by the steel raised lip. As for
better sealing.....I think wether it seals or not is down to the bonnet fitting correctly (body work at the front is a big portion of that). Without
any seal at the rear edge of the bonnet, the rain gutter is very good at diverting water that gets by, but it can get overrun easily and you will let
water in, you must be just lucky so far Damo  . A small stick on seal works
here, I normally put it on the body like Bizzare, but my preference is to leave the og seal strip, just get the rust issues under control.
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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 10:16 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Giddyarp
Hi all,
As the title suggests the PO of my beetle has destroyed the seal retainer for the hood. I had planned to delete the seal retainer during the resto to
prevent them rusting However everywhere I have look says to use the
original seal at the rear of the hood if I use the Mexican style seal elsewhere.... I really dont want to replace the seal retainer and buy two seals
if I dont have to.... What have others done ????
Thanks in advance
Dane
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I have used them for many years and just have a flat piece of foam across the top edge of the bonnet.. and I've never had any water come in.
also use the Mexican seal on the engine lid too
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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 11:16 AM |
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Awesome thanks guys I can understand the argument for keeping the OG
seal. But this car is never going to be perfectly original...... I will get around to putting some pics up soon
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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 02:04 PM |
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You can buy the seal at clark rubber by the meter
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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 07:48 PM |
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Even better !!!!
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| posted on September 16th, 2012 at 08:42 PM |
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Grippy and Spectrum do them as well
http://www.grippyrubber.com.au/page/industrial_extrusions.html
http://www.spectrumrubber.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl...
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