Hood seal/weather stripping

Discussion in 'Dodge Challenger General Discussions' started by Nawalins, Feb 9, 2019.

  1. Auto Motive

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    It's included. My 2012 challenger 392 had the exact problem with only 50 miles. It's very flimsy so take care when washing. Same problem on my wife's Kia otima.
     
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    Sorry I'm chiming in late on this one. I've been in the same boat as everyone else with this. I saw that the hood seal needed to be replaced when I bought my '14 R/T back in Aug 2018 (the rubber was separating from the plastic on both ends), but it didn't bother me much b/c I can take care of jobs like that myself. I easily found the Mopar OEM hood seal, plastic blind/pop rivet tool, & plastic rivets on Amazon. Hood seal I bought from mymoparparts.com for $66 & change, & I forget what I paid for the tool & rivets, but I remember that the cost was reasonable.
    Good suggestion about Harbor Freight. I haven't bought anything from them before, but I really need to check them out.
    Very disappointing to hear that this part may need to be replaced every few years or so. I mean, of course everything wears out eventually, & plastic & rubber degrade over time, but - C'mon, Chrysler...:mad: Can't say that I'm surprised though - yet another example of the ever-diminishing quality of manufactured goods.
     
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