On my W126 300SD, there are these cushioning pieces on the interior that surround the door cut-outs of the body. They are called the edge guard sections, and they are basically rubber wrapped in fabric. They sit against the door panelling when the doors are closed but they are mounted actually on the body and not on the doors. I guess they act as cusions for door trim when they close and provide aesthetics as well as noise insulation...

What happened is that the fabric on a couple of these has torn, exposing the rubber underneath, and it isn't too pleasing when I open the passenger-side front and/or rear door. The parts catalog lists the following part numbers for the right rear and right front edge guard sections (need them in gray):

1266970251/gray
1266970451/gray

Trouble is, they are NLA (no longer available). I asked a few parts folks to look these up, including the Mercedes-Benz Dealer parts guy, but apparently MB does not make these any longer, and they can't even be ordered from Germany. The parts guy also said that his world-wide dealer network inventory does not show these in stock in ANY dealership.

Does any one here know of a way to source these rare pieces (other than a junk yard, of course)? Perhaps someone makes a duplicate of these parts for folks who are in the business of restoring older Benzes? Maybe anyone knows of a parts place they came across at some point that might have these laying around?

I'm counting that someone on here might know SOMEthing about this - otherwise I'm at a dead end of this search....