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Originally Posted by Werner W
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Just because the rubber "looks" good doesn't mean it's going to be good for long. It's not expensive - and you also need the "body putty" that goes on the inside of the plate that squishes inbetween the plate and the inner and outer fender. This stuff is not very expensive at the dealer.
A leak in this area is pretty catastrophic - I had some serious rust on a fender due to an improper repair on the 380SL years before, where the gasket wasn't installed right and they didn't use the body putty.