Question about replacing all the exterior seals..
08-29-2008, 11:19 AM
#17
Race Director
The shop doing my cab top replacement tells me the one of the vertical seals by the driver's door needs replacing and is the cause of the wind noise I was complaining about. Per him, the local dealer quoted him apx. $360 for the seal. I asked if the seal had to be installed while the top was being installed they said no, it could be done later. So, once I get the car back and see exactly which seal they're talking about I'll be making another call to Sunset....
09-18-2008, 11:00 PM
#18
Race Director
Yes, those are the ones. I think around $10-15 each depending on who you buy from.
If you open your door and peer up into the trailing edge of the front fender you'll see some allen head bolts that attach the fender to the cowl and go through the seal. You have to remove all of these and then gently pry the front fender away from the cowl with a large flat head screwdriver - then remove the old seal, insert the new one and bolt up
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If you open your door and peer up into the trailing edge of the front fender you'll see some allen head bolts that attach the fender to the cowl and go through the seal. You have to remove all of these and then gently pry the front fender away from the cowl with a large flat head screwdriver - then remove the old seal, insert the new one and bolt up
.There was a good amount of crud between the body sections so I cleaned that up with car wash soap and water and dried what I could with paper towels. The new gasket has a felt like substance that makes it easy to slide between the 2 body panels (damn, that was a good idea) so installing was fairly easy. The only (slightly) challenging part was getting the front part of the gasket, the part that sits under the hood/trunk cover to seat correctly and even that wasn't bad at all.
If I can I'll take photos when I do the left side, hopefully tomorrow.
So far:
Bumper cover is off, cleaned up much of the major gunk, still have ways to go
Both ballast resisters have been replaced, couldn't do the oil cooler w/out removing bumper cover
Battery removed and checked, installed/rerouted vent tube
Oil & filter Change (Swepco, not that anyone cares about oil on this board)
To be done:
Bumper cover caskets and foam pieces
Hood shocks
Mirror gaskets
Clean MAF
....I'm sure I've got more parts I haven't put on yet
06, 8vb, 96573124700, 993, 99350554400, 99353763100, 99356132200, cab, carrera, cowl, fender, rear, replace, seal, sunroof, window
