I've never had an luck removing the bumpers to reuse them as normally the nipple breaks off.
I would make sure the latch is not keeping the lid up on the back edge and if it's not then is it possible the wrong bumpers are installed and too thick ?. I know on some replacements I bought, they were too thick and had make them thinner and just glued them in place until I got the right ones.
Does the trunk opening possibly have new weatherstrip in the channel and is it installed right ?.
Well the car is being painted right now, I've been test fitting parts. The whole lock system has been out for a good while and I just painted the inside and underside of the deck lid. I found a broken mount bolt, replaced it and noticed the lid doesn't lay even unless there's a pull on it from the lock.
On one side I have no bumper, the other side does. I was thinking there must be some way to line these up, but I just can't see it.
is this really just a "one size fits all" ?
The hood has an adjustment, why wouldn't the truck?
I guess I can shave it down with a sander, but that seem kinda cheesey.
I just looked at that, it's a great post. However, mine is being blocked by the rubber stoppers at the rear corners of the deck lid. I can push down on the lid and it doesn't go down far enough. There's no insulation or lock, just a deck lid on a bare body as I'm prepping for paint.
I assume the rubber stopper is not where the lid sits, I would assume it 'floats' between the lock and the insulation and the stopper only touches when the lid is pressed harder.
I'm wondering if that's the case because how else would GM line up all the deck lids? The only way they could is to have the lock actually determine the height of the lid. When you turn the key, the truck should pop up as the insulation acts like a spring.
So it's an issue of getting/making the correct height and why is mine so far off?
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