06-16-2012, 09:30 AM
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Headlight trim
I came across way to remove trim. Spray with WD-49 wait 15 Min and carefully pry gasket off-now if I only had the replacement-Larry
1998 Arctic Silver and red
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06-17-2012, 05:54 PM
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Location: phoenix, arizona
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hadlight trim solution
the plan is to remove light assembly take to ace get matching gasket material and replace-should work-larry
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07-04-2012, 08:41 PM
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Gooey seals
Never received a response from the weather strip company, so I searched their catalog and found something that I thought might work. It is just a flat foam material with adhesive on one side. The catalog list it as ¼" thick, but the stuff that came was 3/16" thick which is just right. The original seal is about 3/16" wide. I bought 6 feet of it since the old seal is 31" long, but it turned out that I only needed to get 3 feet. The new seal material is 1" wide, which is too wide, but I wasn't sure how much I needed to cut it down to make it work. Turns out that slicing it right down the middle at ½" wide worked out perfectly, so I only used half of what I bought. Doesn't look quite as nice as the original seal which has a rounded appearance on the exposed edge, but at least its not leaving black goo all over the fender and at a glance, or at speed, I doubt that anyone will notice the difference
Here's what I bought. Cost me $25.96 for the 6 feet, but you only need to get 3 feet. You might be able to find something similar at the hardware store, but everything I found was either too thin or too thick, or was too light a sponge.
https://dealer.steelerubber.com/Ecommerce/SpecialExtrusionDetail.aspx?IID=11289
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2000S Ocean Blue Metallic- 116K
3X Water Pump, Clear side markers, Crios Mod, Front engine mount, Flywheel, clutch, RMS, AOS, MAF, serpentine belt, power brake vacuum line, battery, 2X CV boots, Fuel filter, Oil filler tube, 3X ignition switch, 90K service, gas cap
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07-05-2012, 05:05 AM
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Neat stuff. Do you have any installed pics?
Larry - how is your approach to the problem going?
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07-05-2012, 01:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark_T
Neat stuff. Do you have any installed pics?
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Here ya go, it was getting too dark last night when I finished up.
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2000S Ocean Blue Metallic- 116K
3X Water Pump, Clear side markers, Crios Mod, Front engine mount, Flywheel, clutch, RMS, AOS, MAF, serpentine belt, power brake vacuum line, battery, 2X CV boots, Fuel filter, Oil filler tube, 3X ignition switch, 90K service, gas cap
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07-05-2012, 03:07 PM
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That looks really good! (Now I'm never going to be able to sell these seals )
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07-06-2012, 08:03 AM
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Location: phoenix, arizona
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headlight trim part two
Spin that is one great looking job-been doing leather seats this week but am copying your post for next job-sorry Mark looks like you're stuck with them-thanks again guys-Larry
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07-07-2012, 09:55 PM
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Location: Long Island, NY
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Looks cool. Thanks for prototyping.
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03-10-2019, 02:57 PM
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Location: Canton GA
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This worked perfect. Love the clean look and it was very easy. Thx for the tip. At least this will work until I can get the replacement gaskets
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