I did buy the repair kit but looking at it, it appears that a PO of my brick tried the same thing. Tailgate still clunks. Is there any "real" fix to this other than this kit? It's bad on my 745 and terrible on my 965. Thanks.
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1991 745 & 1993 965 /// RIP: 86 764T; 79 262C

Welcome to the party!

I found that our 740 already had the repair kit installed when I went to install the one that I bought. There's really no simple fix that I know of.

I wonder if screws and layer of carpet in between the panel and tailgate would quiet things down a bit?

-Ryan

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Athens, Ohio
1987 245 DL 314k, Dog-mobile
1990 245 DL 134k M47, E-codes, GT Sway Bars
1991 745 GL 300k, Regina, 23/21mm Turbo Sway Bars

I used the IPD kit, and it took considerable fiddling to get it to hold the panel solidly so that it didn't rattle, and the third brake light was tight against the back window (to prevent annoying red glow in the mirror when braking at night) and then the gap between the top edge of the panel and the glass was larger than I would have liked. (but at least it was finally quiet...)

On another car I dismantled, I found a kit had already been installed, but the plastic clips had actually torn through the thin sheet metal of the repair pieces. The whole thing is just a bad design, and unfortunately, it carried over pretty much unchanged onto the 850 wagon.