[ford38v8]

Don't assume anything fits right out of the box! Your rubber gasket may be similar, and they expect you to trim it to fit, or otherwise not bother to return it. Consider yourself lucky to have found it in stock at Drakes anyway.

From your picture, I'd assume the knife edge goes up, facing out to seal against the outer trunk lid, the slot to locate it on the bottom. That said, it looks like hard rubber, perhaps not squishy enough to work properly, let alone whether it looks like an original seal.


You might try spots of glue here and there to hold it in place while you try it, easier to deal with if you have to take it off.