Trunk seal time. This car has a small ( typical) corrosion spot below the rear glass, and a very tired trunk seal. Between that, the hole, and weak light seals- water was getting in the trunk.
Was able to get the old seal off, and spent alot of time removing what looked like gorilla glue in the seal track. Given this being a weak area on these cars- i am trying to do this once ( for now) and go for as close to frog's behind as possible.
I decided to spray the channel with Eastwood's rust preventative spray too, which comes in White which is nice. Removing the trunk lid sure makes things easier for glue removal and prep:
New seal on! Next day, secured rear of seal and corners with Black Silacone:
and besides the new seal- registered and insured this Bish! Transferred my old school (rear only) MA plate to it, and used a e46 plate bracket to attach it to the euro rear mount holes ( thanks Chris K for idea)
Time to tighten up the suspension and steering, was able to borrow some Carrera GT blocks from work, and bought some 70 pound sand bags from Lowe's to weight the car down:
Also started playing with exhaust a little, added the connector pipes to the headers- this shows the different lengths they are- will try to make up the difference with the connecting pipes before the resonator
