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Old 11-17-2012, 07:39 AM
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Tail center light bar foam replacement

I am getting water inside the deck lid and I am pretty certain it is coming in from the corners of the center light bar that says "Subaru SVX" or "Alcyone SVX".

I have ordered new foam inserts for it, there are two, and I was surprised that they were flat when they arrived. I had thought they would be molded to the shape of the corners.

The old ones also have a kind of tape on them in the corners. It appears to be that kind of double sided tape that when you peel the backing away leave only the sticky residue, no foam. I am having a hard time finding this.

For anyone that has replaced these, how important is this tape, can they be installed with out it. Or can I substitute something else? It is hard to find tape like this.

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Old 11-17-2012, 08:58 AM
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Re: Tail center light bar foam replacement

The double sided tape is only used for holding the foam seal in place during assembly. You can use this:

http://www.officedepot.com/a/product...le-Sided-Tape/

Make sure NOT to tighten down the nuts too much or the light housing will cut into the foam seal.
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Re: Tail center light bar foam replacement

agreed, dont over tighten the nuts.
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Old 11-17-2012, 10:02 AM
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Re: Tail center light bar foam replacement

Screw it, I'm going to put it on without the tape and see how it goes.
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Old 11-17-2012, 06:53 PM
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Re: Tail center light bar foam replacement

What I did was that I used black electrical tape around all the edges of the bar and the back tail lights so that all the water run down to the bottom near the bumper where it should go.
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Old 11-18-2012, 07:52 AM
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Re: Tail center light bar foam replacement

The foam was pretty stiff compared the soft new gaskets, it should be good for another 20 years now.
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Re: Tail center light bar foam replacement

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What I did was that I used black electrical tape around all the edges of the bar and the back tail lights so that all the water run down to the bottom near the bumper where it should go.
yes I love high tech repairs!!!that how I fixed my windshield weather stripping.............G
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Re: Tail center light bar foam replacement

Are the foam inserts available from Subaru or some other supplier? I have a similar leaking center light bar...
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Old 11-20-2012, 05:19 AM
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Re: Tail center light bar foam replacement

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Are the foam inserts available from Subaru or some other supplier? I have a similar leaking center light bar...
Scott
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I got them from Subaruparts.com

84940V $8.26 Sheet packing-rear finisher

When you click the link to order them it will put 2 in your cart, since it needs one for each side.

If you have an account there you can log in then, the link below it will take you to the relevant page.

http://www.subaruparts.com/diag/?mod...category=842-1
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