New HOODSEAL, The Infamous D-seal w/pics

[sjetrider]

LOOSE on RN IMO my latch was tight now its too loose GRRRRRRR gotta get the OEM now, it was worth a shot though.

 

[Hogggman]

I think I remember seeing that someone filled one of these with silicone a while back and said it worked great that would probably take care of the loose latch

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

thats why I was talking about putting a strip of HT underneath.

it holds mine tight, BUT like I said my hood hooks arent stock, nor in stock location.

 

[superjet0587]

ya it will work if you plan ahead and put somthing underneath but i did not, and now an oem is on the way

 

[DAG]

i finely had my latch pop open this past tuesday.. i'm going to be injecting somy sylicon through out the seal to help with the overall density and squash. wish when i got the sample he would have sent enoulf to do an entire seal.. oh well they also make a very high denciity gasket at briteck but it requires a tooling and extra setup and material cost... if anyone wanned to give that a try.

It is a good seal, it just once the D is compressed the overall thickness is not very much.. i would garentee getting some ruber strip or turf under it would do the trick... for those that havent installed yet. and for those that have.. inject some sylicon inside the D.. it seems like money on paper anyhow..

 

[hangtime]

Just move your hood latch down a bit .widen the holes and move it down and tighten the bolts .
I do that anyway with my OEM

 

[Mark44]

I still say push a piece of round EDPM in the center of the seal to fill the D void.

Mark44

 

[CarFanatic]

let us know how the silicone works

 

[Idok]

I did this on a squarenose hoodseal once...it was the best one ever...Meatball now has it and im sure its still alive and kicking....


the silicone is a BITCH to inject inside...I had to do it in smaller pieces or it just oozed out right past the tip...even with the seal hoseclamped to the gun..


once mounted, it worked GREAT!

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

DING DING DING

Ill take "ideas that sound good" for $600 please Alex.

Just move your hood latch down a bit .widen the holes and move it down and tighten the bolts .
I do that anyway with my OEM

 

[CarFanatic]

Ya, It would seem that it would be difficult to get silicone to move all the way through the seal. What kind did you use?

 

[Idok]

just some ******** from home depot......I cut one of the peieces open a year later and the silicone in the middle was still wet :boggled:



i have pix, but cant logon with my laptop today for some reason...

 

[spence]

is there any still forsale?

 

[sjetrider]

DING DING DING

Ill take "ideas that sound good" for $600 please Alex.

Sounds great, but I have been there done that and the hood will actually hit the hull w/ this seal if you clamp it that tight. With a stock hood you can use auto door trim on lip of hood and it will tighten up some, but this does not work w/ my Wammer or WDK hoods as the lip is thicker in rear and in corners.

 

[Mark44]

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is there any still forsale?

I am sure someone will sell you theirs. :scratchchin:

Mark44

 

[sjetrider]

is there any still forsale?

I have one cut for a RN I will sell ya.

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

ive got the auto trim seal on my hood, and my hooks are located for a thinner seal.

this seal actually works pretty well on my boat with my hood setup.

Sounds great, but I have been there done that and the hood will actually hit the hull w/ this seal if you clamp it that tight. With a stock hood you can use auto door trim on lip of hood and it will tighten up some, but this does not work w/ my Wammer or WDK hoods as the lip is thicker in rear and in corners.

 

[spence]

i got a 750 sx anyone?

 

[Oshweeken]

I tried to find it here in Canada and noone had the seal in stock, they all wanted $100 min purchase.:soapbox:

I think Britech is the actual manufactuer of this stuff and they sell to everyone else in North America.

Ohh well.:baby:

 

[thegoldenboy]

Installing tonight, should I cut it up and silicone it, or run a strip[ of turf under it? Once its glued its glued...