Trunk Weatherstrip

[allcamaro]

The newer GM nos and the latex were way to tall and made the led fit very bad, I used good old cheap soft seal and it fit like a glove. Now on the other hand the latex was perfect for the door jamb and the roof rail.

[68CamSS]

Was the original GM trunk weatherstrip a solid loop, or was it always met together from a roll? I would assume the seam should be at the lock? If it's met should the ends be glued together? OER is too high. The box says applicable for years 67-81. Thanks

[Unreal]

GM sells a roll that's long enough for many model trunks, so you have to cut to fit, and glue the ends together. GM used a yellow adhesive like 3M weatherstrip adhesive.

I've seen several unrestored originals that had the joint about 12-14" to the driver side of the latch on the tailpan side. They also had a reddish orange mark to the pass side of center on the back glass side.

[bkhpah]

I personally have never seen the amber glue on a 1st gen Camaro. Only black, and I have looked at many orignals...BKH

[olredalert]

------Thanks,guys!!!!.......Bill S

[wheelhop]

NPD makes a low profile trunk weatherstrip that allows your trunk to close like it should.

[JohnZ]

In the plant, the Fisher Body spec was to place the cut-and-trimmed joint centered on the latch; we used a small bead of pumpable black sealer/adhesive applied from a flow gun all the way around the gutter before rolling the seal into place, and used the same sealer to glue the cut ends together at the joint. Photo attached of my original 02D Norwood '69 joint.

[Unreal]

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I personally have never seen the amber glue on a 1st gen Camaro. Only black, and I have looked at many orignals...BKH

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I believe you, but I don't know where I got that it should be yellow....I thought off an original. Maybe I saw a repair and assumed it was original. I know when I did mine, I had some black weatherstrip adhesive, but I bought yellow for the sole purpose of gluing the joint. Thanks for clearing it up before someone made the same mistake I did.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Was the joint actually glued?

[68l30]

I think the guy on the line just needed longer arms to hit the center...All the orig I've found have been offset...Lazy short armed auto workers!

Steve