mk1 boot seal 2025

[SouthernMike]

Hello all, I'm going to have a go at replacing my boot lid seal. At the moment, I believe it to be the original, glued to the underside of the lid. Mostly hard and wrinkled, but in one piece. I see the usual suppliers sell their versions, Rimmers sell 'YKC68' and the 'S' version. Has anyone had experience of these? I'm also under the impression, that they are the version that fits to the aperture and not the lid itself. Is this the case and are they worth it? At the moment, when washing the car, water gets in to the boot space quite readily pretty well much all round the boot lip. Thanks.

[johnnydog]

Looking at Rimmers website, I agree - both are the type that push on the lip around the boot aperture. This type fit ok on the Mk2 saloon, but the Mk1 has more severe curves, which may / may not be an issue.
Being a bit of a 'purist' myself, in my opinion, this type would not look right on a Mk1 or early Mk2.
I would try to find something similar to the original profile that are glued to the boot lid, although I appreciate the original seals are like 'hens teeth'....

[johnnydog]

Personally, I would try Chris Witors remanufactured seals rather than Rimmers

[SouthernMike]

hello johnnydog, thanks for the quick response. Is there a preferred adhesive for doing this job? I'm assuming removing the boot lid is the best way...

[johnnydog]

I've never actually done it myself, but to avoid working in an awkward position, removing the boot lid would probably make sense, especially as you would only have one go at getting it right with contact adhesives.
Depending on the type of finish on your car, you need to use an adhesive that doesn't react with the paint.
I recollect many many years ago, I used Evostick when replacing some sill carpet, and the paint bubbled up - it was probably the original cellulose from the early 70's?
I would think modern carpet adhesive would be ok, but I would try a bit on an inconspicuous area first. There must be companies such as Frost that do adhesives for car trimming. Generally the paint on the underside of a boot lid will be the original finish. Spray adhesive obviously will require a degree of masking, so if it's available as a brushable adhesive, then that may be preferable as generally the adhesive is applied to both surfaces with an immediate bond on contact.
Someone who has replaced the vinyl on the C pillars on a PI or an S may be able to give you further info about the adhesive they used which may help you further.

[Clifford Pope]

The Mk1 and Mk2 types appear to differ, in that the boot aperture has a lip which I assume is accomodated by the groove in the Chris Witor picture, whereas the boot lid itself is smooth with no lip.
So the Mk1 fitting would be dependent on the glue to hold the seal in position, whereas the Mk2 kind would basically clip over the lip and the glue would be less critical?

[johnnydog]

No, the groove is just purely an aid to the rubber sealing as it is compressed against the raised lip on the aperture of both the Mk1 and Mk2 models. The groove doesn't fit over the raised lip.
It is only the facelift models where the seal is pushed onto the lip itself - Mk1 and the pfl Mk2 are all glue into the recess on the boot lid.
Both Mk1 and Mk2 seals are glued in the recess exactly the same way, with the groove in the rubber facing inwards (towards the boot space).

[torque2me]

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There must be companies such as Frost that do adhesives for car trimming.
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Also Woolies plus loads of trim companies on the net.

Kev