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Old 03-10-2007, 10:24 PM
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Thanks for the picture - now I see how _crucial_ that small gasket really is. Obviously, the above picture shows that water was sneaking around it. I'm now convinced that most MB "rustbuckets" could have all been preserved with body seal maintenance.

I'm ordering 4 of them monday (for the 560, too). The body seals behind the rocker aluminum trim was shot, too - it's made of plastic and has proven impossible to clean up. The rust actually distorted it at the front.

I did wind up repairing the area for now, with a sheetmetal patch and plumber's epoxy. It's going to take a little "bondo sculpture" with the last rib at the bottom of the fender. I'm going to seal the **** out of this when I'm done.

BTW, because right now I have more time than money to spend on this, I sanded/polished the side chrome trim, and even knocked out the small rock dents with a screwdriver from behind and a sanding block (from the front). My buffer made out of a bench grinder has paid for itself over and over again. With a little work, they look almost new!
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Last edited by Strife; 03-10-2007 at 10:33 PM.
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