Because that window does not move and it vertical and therefore less exposed to the sun, the seal survives pretty well... however if it is dry, stiff and/or broken you should get a new one otherwise you may get the door to rot from inside...

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Aquilae non capunt muscas! (Eagles don't hunt flies!)


1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi