New Trunk Seal
Before I begin I owe a huge thank you for everyone on the forum and the Trunk Seal thread in particular. Thank you!
This will be the short version of the story.
For the long winded version (I get this a lot) click HERE.
So you know how it is - you see something that you know needs fixed but its a low level item and other things have your attention. Then when those other things are complete the minor item sticks out like a sore thumb. Yep, the trunk seal was bad and we knew it. Once the trunk was cleaned up and carpet put down the seal looked really bad.
We took the opportunity to paint the perimeter of the truck during this project as well. This cleaned up the look and matches the wheel and spare tire wells that were part of the prior trunk work. Then the process of installing the new seal began. The last thing we wanted was to rush the work and have a shabby install. We took our time and used a LOT of clamps. By working in stages and leap frogging the clamps we worked our way around the trunk until we met up with the starting point just right of the trunk latch.
We then completed the painting of the rear seat support bar (in rusty metal brown) and the job was complete.
Again, thank you all for your knowledge and your willing to share the same.
This will be the short version of the story.
For the long winded version (I get this a lot) click HERE.
So you know how it is - you see something that you know needs fixed but its a low level item and other things have your attention. Then when those other things are complete the minor item sticks out like a sore thumb. Yep, the trunk seal was bad and we knew it. Once the trunk was cleaned up and carpet put down the seal looked really bad.
We took the opportunity to paint the perimeter of the truck during this project as well. This cleaned up the look and matches the wheel and spare tire wells that were part of the prior trunk work. Then the process of installing the new seal began. The last thing we wanted was to rush the work and have a shabby install. We took our time and used a LOT of clamps. By working in stages and leap frogging the clamps we worked our way around the trunk until we met up with the starting point just right of the trunk latch.
We then completed the painting of the rear seat support bar (in rusty metal brown) and the job was complete.
Again, thank you all for your knowledge and your willing to share the same.
