Installed New Weather Stripping - March 20, 2008

For some background on this issue, read Fixing Hatch Leak (Part 1) and Fixing Hatch Leak (Part 2).

This is (hopefully) the last stage of fixing the hatch leak in the car. I've already removed the rust from the seams around the hatch, painted, and sealed the seams with PVC seam-sealer. After I replace the torn weather stripping on the car, I shouldn't have any more leaks.

The weather stripping finally came in the mail today. I've been putting tupperware in the trunk every time it has rained in the past few weeks to keep any rust from forming back there.

A few other parts arrived today as well: the camber bolts and some nice valve stems for the new wheels.

To put on the new weather stripping, I first removed the old stripping and cleaned the flange that the weather stripping goes on with Simple Green.
Then, I inserted the part of the weather stripping that has an indentation onto the center of the rear of the trunk as shown in the picture.
I continued to work my way around the hatch until the entire piece of weather stripping was installed. I went over it a couple more times to make sure the weather stripping was all the way down on the flange.

It's rained a few times since I've installed the weather stripping, and I haven't seen any water in the trunk.