i've found that the on body ones seem to leak after a while, the best one was my phoneix one- but it went curly after petrol leak into boot. Also had new boot lid fitted after got crunched from behind , and ended up with the one with the holes - so wondering if they have helped the leak in the heavy rain recently... just fed up with water in boot , so trying anything
Boot Seal
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PACINO
, Apr 27 2023 08:09 PM
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Posted 20 January 2024 - 05:39 PM
ok attempt to and I got seal fitted- the trick was ditching the bendy and slightly too big clips from minispares, and using the cheaper ones. from ebay
https://www.ebay.co....tm/312142806582
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Posted 20 January 2024 - 05:57 PM
I found the Minispares clips quite easy to insert on my 72 mini - you just had to fit them to the rubber then compress them before pushing them in.
New seal still leaked in the rain though, so it was all in vain anyway ;)
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Posted 20 January 2024 - 08:02 PM
I found the Minispares clips quite easy to insert on my 72 mini - you just had to fit them to the rubber then compress them before pushing them in.
New seal still leaked in the rain though, so it was all in vain anyway ;)
they seemed to big for hole, and just bent whern pushed- these others clipped in with a nice click sound !
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Posted 03 March 2024 - 05:31 PM
Tried a different set of clips - got rubber on - but still getting water in .... removed and put the old seal back , which seemed to have got some of its form back - boot was really hard to close and no water got in ..... but then as old seal loosend up , back it came !!!
I have bought a self adhesive seal from phoenix to go over the holes on the boot lid - but don't nwant tro fit it whern it may rain or be cold .
But also wondering - could the water be getting in through the boot handle mechanism ? Should this be full of grease ? Mine isnt at it looks like a weak point to me !
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Posted 03 March 2024 - 09:48 PM
Assume you have got the rubber seal behind the boot lid handle so it shouldn't leak.....?
This one:
https://www.minispar...|Back to search
The grease can't hut but not sure it does anything other than to stop the handle seizing (especially if water is getting in)?
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Posted 04 March 2024 - 07:28 PM
Assume you have got the rubber seal behind the boot lid handle so it shouldn't leak.....?
This one:
https://www.minispar...|Back to search
The grease can't hut but not sure it does anything other than to stop the handle seizing (especially if water is getting in)?
ohhh .... i don't know to be honest !- It's quite possible its not there ...as the boot lid was new a few years ago , and I t wasn't me who put it on - havew felt that the ah dle has been a bit loose since it went to the body shop ! I will check ... thanks
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