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May 16, 2005 | 12:51 PM

mforman42

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Odd Issue

Okay, here's one I hadn't heard before.

I was driving home from a local electronics store yesterday and glanced in my mirror. I thought I saw something flapping back there, so I took another look. Sure enough, part of the rubber trim at the top of the hatch was hanging down. When I got home, it was easy enough to push back into place, but I'd have thought that it would have been glued or something to keep it from falling in the first place.

Anybody else had this happen on a coupe?

May 16, 2005 | 12:59 PM

2bubbas

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Nope!

May 16, 2005 | 01:41 PM

shopdog

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Originally Posted by mforman42

Yes. It appears to be temperature related. The trim piece grows in length when hot, and the expansion gap isn't quite large enough to prevent it from buckling out. After a few cycles of heating and cooling, it has moved enough to come loose. I don't think glue is the answer. It has to be able to move a bit with temperature. I think the trick is to increase the expansion gap a little to prevent the buckling.

May 16, 2005 | 07:53 PM

mforman42

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From: Henderson Nevada

Thanks, Shop Dog, that makes sense. I did notice that there was no gap when I pushed the strip back in.

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