JamesBB said:

By bending it out I believe it means bending the flange towards the exterior and not the interior of the car. But is this supposed around the entire aperture?
It seems to play a little havoc around the gas struts which causes the upper tailgate to not always want to close.

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wammers said:

No gas tape, duct tape to you. Used to cover copper pipes that are going to be rendered over to stop cement acid eating through the pipes. Very much needed with the totally ****e poor quality copper pipe there is around today.

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tomcat59alan said:

Thought it was what you used to reinforced the back of your Y fronts

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wammers said:

You are getting to be a cheeky bugger.

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tomcat59alan said:

Not getting, was born a cheeky bugger

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wammers said:

Is that not what i said, bend flange OUT. What you are doing is forming a channel for the water to run down so it does not run under the seal where it clips over the boot aperture. Technically the only place that needs doing is the bend area where the lower and upper tail gates meet. That is where the water gets in.

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