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The lip on the rubber seal fits onto the back lip on the cowl panel with just pressure. But the nature of aging causes the unsecured edges of the cowl panel to lift slightly, and the rubber seal at that point is no longer pressed tightly to the windshield, so it can separate from the cowl panel.
Mine had no butyl on it. Where exactly was this? Maybe I need to add some.
BTW before you start the project to remove the cowl, which takes a few minutes, basic tools, and some wiggling: slip down to Home Depot or similar and buy yourself a few feet of clear vinyl tubing about 3/8" diameter. Slit this down the middle with a utility knife, and apply it to the back edge of the frunk lid to overlap the area of this edge that corresponds to the location of the wipers where they fold upward for servicing.
Now as you go back and forth from under the frunk lid to do this job, you won't penalize your paint for forgetting what position the wiper arms are in!
BOL
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