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996 rear windscreen seal replacement

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YOUR RESEARCH996 rear windscreen seal replacement

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Replace outer rubber seal last year, try

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I also replaced my outer rubber seal last year, try using some silicone spray lube to help position the seal, work from the top corners first and your can push up or down the excess and move it around until fitted, it took me about 15mins to get it right

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Use any sort of lubricant

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Thanks for the advice - did you use any sort of lubricant on the seal to allow it to push back on itself when fitting it?

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Replace outer rubber seal last year, try

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I also replaced my outer rubber seal last year, try using some silicone spray lube to help position the seal, work from the top corners first and your can push up or down the excess and move it around until fitted, it took me about 15mins to get it right

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996 rear windscreen seal replacement

Use any sort of lubricant

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Thanks for the advice - did you use any sort of lubricant on the seal to allow it to push back on itself when fitting it?

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That worked fine.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

looking for some guidance please, i havve removed the old seal on my 996 and have re fitted a new seal however the new seal is around 20mm ro big. i dont want to cut it any ideas how i loose the 20mm? the new seal came from Porsche and is the right one for the car. Stumped! Thanks.

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Assuming just the outer seal, I did this earlier in the week. I too ended up with too much on one side, and had to remove the side to the top corner, compress along the top of the screen, and reinsert along the side, all the time pushing it into the slot then back to compress it slightly against itself. That worked fine. Quoting myself from a post on the PH thread

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Hi Hugh Thanks for the advice - did you use any sort of lubricant on the seal to allow it to push back on itself when fitting it? just thinking it might make it easier to move when on the channel?

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I also replaced my outer rubber seal last year, try using some silicone spray lube to help position the seal, work from the top corners first and your can push up or down the excess and move it around until fitted, it took me about 15mins to get it right

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I didn't use any lubricant, but did cover the new seal with gummi pfledge before starting to get all sides of it which might have helped.

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