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clinker42 Officially Full-On Dubber

381 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#670499
Hi

I have read on here that you can get a clip on seal for the bonnet.

I had too remove the seal retainer strip for my daughters 73 beetle as it was badly rusted.

Wad thinking off bending up some stainless and pop riveting it on to retain the original seal but the clip on sound heaps simpler.

Where would i get one.
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4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#670503
Clarke rubber will get you out of trouble ,you need the pinchweld with the rubber on it and you clip it on the lip of the bonnet,you can use it for the decklid as well👍
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3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#670535
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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#670610
the bonnet and engine lid both have a Mexican seal thats available from Vintage 02-9789-1777
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clinker42 Officially Full-On Dubber

381 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#670657
Hnag On

I grabbed some pinch weld but how the heck does that work. Pinch weld is designed too push on a flat lip and provide a seal parralell with the lip. The bonnet and boot lip is at right angles too where the seal needs too be. Second, how does it seal around the catches at the bottom and also at the top of the bonnet.

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#670659
Got the wrong pinchweld. You can find the right one, but I'd go the mexican.
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clinker42 Officially Full-On Dubber

381 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#670660
Thanks guys

Yep, mexican is the way to, clips onto the bonnet and boot and no more rust trap.

Thanks Heaps

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#670667
Is the mexican one long enough to go around the Super/L Bug bonnet?

Clark Rubber is great - around 100 different seals available in my local store...
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clinker42 Officially Full-On Dubber

381 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#670669
The guy at vintage said you have too use the top section off an original seal, the part that pushes into the holes and then the mexican does that rest. Is the Super/L an L for longer than normal bonnet.

If it is, maybe they make one for that as well.