kingmatt

Pleased I can add to your knowledge base :y: I was thinking that the rear seal would be a throw away due to long seperations along the bottom. Wrecker thought it would work. Nice guy, saved me $. Also got a left hand mirror from him for $25 so I guess we were both happy . Matt

Wrecker said the upholsterer down the road used locktite, so they used locktite. I used selleys cause that was all I could find in name brand superglue.

Teddy thanks for the pic (yep, thats it) and love ke70 will look for the quarter panel boot interface and sort it out. Thanks a lot, it may seem stupid but I didn't want to block them off if it made the problem worse. BTW, repaired the rear seal using superglue. Works a treat. Matt

Thanks for the replies. If its a piece of plastic, then closing up the holes with a grommet is probably the best thing I can do to the car. I think I recall a mechanic mate of mine some years ago going off about how that piece of plastic/holes is the cause (in his eyes) of the rear end rust in that model. I'll stay tuned and see if anyone agrees. BTW I really appreciate finding a place of pasionnate corolla owners.

I've bought a ke70 corolla and had fun removing the rust, repairing the boot seal and repainting. I've really enjoyed it, but not so much I'm in a hurry to do it again. I've noticed that directly underneath the boot is a reverse angled lip that has 4 holes in it. (Above the number plate) The holes are original corolla manufacturer. I figure that the rust is partly the result of moisture entering the boot area through these holes, and not being easily able to escape. Consequently may be the source for internal rust within the boot area, particularly common to the petrol filler area of this model car. Anyone else know what I mean? Anybody know why I can't grommet these holes to prevent the moisture? Was there a bit of trim that normally covered these holes thats gone astray? Thanks for replies. Matt