About 2 years ago, my original 25 year old trunk seal was leaking so I started looking around for a new one. I always tell people "avoid buying stuff made in China where feasible", and I say that because I know sometimes it's hard to avoid them.

Case in point, a genuine Mercedes seal was about $240, a Uro brand from China was $39. The disparity was just too great and the Uro had some decent reviews.

That was 2 years ago, if that. Now my trunk seal is leaking again.

It's not coming UNDER the seal from what I can see, but OVER the seal just from what I can see. When I first got the new seal I actually had trouble closing the trunk because the new seal was so thick. I really had to slam the trunk to close it and at the time I thought "Wow, my old one must have been really compressed over the years". With this new one, I don't have to slam the trunk closed anymore, it's been compressed some of course but it doesn't seem to be compressed too much but the leak is coming in from somewhere.

I supsect the seal. It's possible the trunk lid stops are partially to blame. Someone said that if those are dryrotted away (mine were but I built them back up with some silicone), then the trunk lid goes down too far to shut which compresses the seals too much.

Any thoughts? There's nothing unusual regarding debris or leaves clogging the channel.

Thanks,

1991 300d, 219k