headlight trim for boxster 1998

[ljt_22]

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

[ljt_22]

the plan is to remove light assembly take to ace get matching gasket material and replace-should work-larry

[Spinnaker]

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

[Mark_T]

Neat stuff. Do you have any installed pics?

Larry - how is your approach to the problem going?

[Spinnaker]

Originally Posted by Mark_T

Neat stuff. Do you have any installed pics?

Here ya go, it was getting too dark last night when I finished up.

[Mark_T]

That looks really good! (Now I'm never going to be able to sell these seals )

[ljt_22]

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

[nieuwhzn]

Looks cool. Thanks for prototyping.

[cmsnyder67]

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