will this work?

[woton121]

What do you guys think of this set up?

I was thinking of using this instead of foam.

[cbuczesk]

As long as it compresses enough and doesn't fall off it should work just fine. Looks like a good idea to me.

Chuck

[Carl Beck]

Agreed - compressing it enough to make the fender fit properly might be a problem. The original close cell foam was a little less than 1/2" thick - -- Hard to tell how firm or soft that rubber seal is from a picture.

[woton121]

The bulb is 5/8" wide, would have to measure the height, but it is new soft rubber and compresses well. I will test fit the compression first, but I think it seal well.

[EScanlon]

It isn't so much a matter of whether it will seal well or not at this point it undoubtedly would. It is whether or not you'll have to literally CRUSH it and/or if the thickness is such that it will push against the fender so much as to affect the "look" of the panel by pressing from below.

This is critical, because you don't want to stress the fender when you mount it and THEN discover that it tweaked the fender out of shape.

Foam crushes down to a very thin layer, and only if you used a very hard-closed cell foam would you affect the fender outline.

FWIW

E