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The gap between the top of the reenforcing rib and the bottom of the skin is at most 1/8 ". Most of the gap is much smaller. Just enough to allow a little movement in the hood skin when you are at idle. I thought about trying some thin closed cell foam tape as a flexible spacer. The tape has an adhesive backing which makes jamming it into the space a problem unless I leave the protective cover on the adhesive. Also, the thinnest tape I could find was 3/16" which means that it will be pushing the hood up slightly in the tight spots.
I looked up the Transtar product. Did you use the seam sealer or the seam sealer and adhesive? The seam sealer has a work time of 3 minutes which given that I am somewhat clutzy is probably way to fast. The seam sealer and adhesive has a work time of 10 minutes which is probably more in the doable category for me. Was the Transtar toolable? I have used some sealants that tack so quickly that there is no way that you can tool the sealant if you need to do a little clean up. I have used a special polyurethane seam sealer on other parts of the car that was toolable and easier to clean up (at least compared to a lot of polyurethane sealants).
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