steveoz32
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Splitting this from other post as per Richard's advice 
The rear window seal fits fairly loosely on the early 996's I am led to believe. There is a TB from Porsche regarding this; the trick is to insert two lengths of Foam rubber cord under the seal.
The cord is only a few pounds from an OPC.
First, I lifted the window seal up from the corner, all along the bottom and side, I then cleaned out any gunk and moisture.
After this, I placed the seal back down and pressed down firmly all around. Then, lifting the bottom corner of the seal, I positioned one end of the foam cord under the seal:
I then inserted a plastic spatula / card between the seal and the tailgate:
This gave me an easy way to flex the window seal to create a margin to push the foam rubber cord in with another card without damaging anything:
I continued to work my way around the seal:
When the cord was fully inserted, I cut, and then repeated the process to layer two cords on top of each other to fully fill the gap as per the technical bulletin. Once that was completed, I gently went along the seal 'flicking' it upward to make sure that it was all in the right position and flush with the tailgate:
All done, much more solid, and sealed much better:
Cheers,
Steve
The rear window seal fits fairly loosely on the early 996's I am led to believe. There is a TB from Porsche regarding this; the trick is to insert two lengths of Foam rubber cord under the seal.
The cord is only a few pounds from an OPC.
First, I lifted the window seal up from the corner, all along the bottom and side, I then cleaned out any gunk and moisture.
After this, I placed the seal back down and pressed down firmly all around. Then, lifting the bottom corner of the seal, I positioned one end of the foam cord under the seal:
I then inserted a plastic spatula / card between the seal and the tailgate:
This gave me an easy way to flex the window seal to create a margin to push the foam rubber cord in with another card without damaging anything:
I continued to work my way around the seal:
When the cord was fully inserted, I cut, and then repeated the process to layer two cords on top of each other to fully fill the gap as per the technical bulletin. Once that was completed, I gently went along the seal 'flicking' it upward to make sure that it was all in the right position and flush with the tailgate:
All done, much more solid, and sealed much better:
Cheers,
Steve
