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Old 09-24-2018, 09:19 PM
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Update after ~10 months, (about 6 or 7 months of driving, car was stored for 3 months)

The 3M 5200 coating is still firmly in place wherever I had coated the boots. Not easy to see in pics, but there is some new minor surface cracking in areas that I did not get at.

One outer boot has a small leak at the narrow end. Looks like it is leaking under the clamped end. Wondering if I could just tighten the clamp? What with? Maybe nail puller pincer/pliers plus vicegrip? Or remove the clamp and put on a tie-wrap or gear clamp? But how to remove without damaging boot?

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Here are typical boot pics taken today:
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For now, other than fix clamp, I think my boots will last for a while yet!
After a summer of driving, I checked the 3M 5200 coated boots again today. They have now seen about 12 months of driving. Never cleaned them off, but they look fine. (BTW, they are the original 1985 boots with ~450k km on them.)
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