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Old Dec 6, 2003 | 04:24 PM
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anybody seal their air box on a ws6 if so how thick was the foam you used results please
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i went and bought some weathersripping and it works great. there was a write up on it somewhere but i dont have it anymore
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how thick was the weatherstripping?
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I tried all kinds of weather stripping meathods but it never held up long or looked good enough, so I went with the BG ram air kit...

www.geocities.com/brian98ramair/

It looks stock and has held up as good as new for about 3 years on my car now...
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contact Ken at fbody99@shaw.ca

He makes these weatherstrip for cheap! He is also a very great guy to work with. Email him. Its definetly worth the shot.
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how thick was the weatherstripping?

i dont remember exacltly, but in the write up it told you. i bought it at Pep Boys and its held up fine and and seals it good
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1.25x1.25 on my Firehawk. There are pics and a write-up on the link in my sig., you might have to copy and paste the link.
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
I tried all kinds of weather stripping meathods but it never held up long or looked good enough, so I went with the BG ram air kit...

www.geocities.com/brian98ramair/

It looks stock and has held up as good as new for about 3 years on my car now...
Same here. I tried to do the same thing and I ended up getting the BGRA. It works great.
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