I would have preferred to replace the passenger side trunk track before I painted the car... That seal track was perforated with rust so I had welded a strip in the bottom of the channel and figured I could hide the uglies with bondo. It really was too shallow for a rubber seal so when I saw CE had replacement strips for $15 there was no logical reason to not get it ordered. It took a little longer to arrive than I had hoped so the paint got done before UPS came.
I cut out the old track and drilled out spot welds on the jack bracket.
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When it arrived I realized it was straight but the "K" trunk line was curved. The cross section of this channel is looks like the cross section of a scoop so it was not inclined to easily assume the contour of the Speedster trunk.
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So I took the cut blade in the angle grinder and made multiple slices in the lip that goes up under the fender.
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Shaped the track to the curve of the fender then kept wet rages on lip while I tack welded it in place so I wouldn't blister the paint.
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Tacked the track to the fender lip about every 2 inches then ground them smooth. I'll finish the seam off with bondo art.
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Another day, another block colored red on the Gantt chart.
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