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tjs72lemans 10-17-2020 09:43 PM

Hood to fender rubber bumpers
 
I tried to pry the rubber bumpers in the inner lip of fender, but successfully destroyed the first one. It severed the pointed angle portion I was trying to push into slot with a screw driver. Now I'm thinking of just using weather strip adhesive to adhere to inner side of fender for hood to wedge against. How do most of you get this rubber pushed into slot of fender?

Scott Thelander 10-18-2020 04:55 AM

wd40

tjs72lemans 10-18-2020 07:59 PM

Thanks Scott, I'll try that.

Tomslemans67 10-18-2020 08:17 PM

I have put them in boiling hot water for few minutes to soften them up. Tom

Mister Pontiac 10-18-2020 10:19 PM

I use a fine layer of white lithium grease too. That always seems to work.

tjs72lemans 10-20-2020 08:56 PM

I'm going to wait until this weekend and turn my furnace up warmer. The rubber will be more forgiving. This MN weather stinks!!

tjs72lemans 11-10-2020 06:31 PM

I actually had to trim them quite a bit to persuade them in the slots of fenders.

1965gp 11-12-2020 10:45 PM

I trimmed mine as well


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