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Rashakor · #7 09-07-2007, 03:18 PM

If your gonna to replace the seal, you can cut the old one from inside with a utility knive remove the entire assembly (glass + trim+ rest of the seal) clean them out well.
Install the new seal, glue it with the MB sealing compound, put back the trim (this is actually the most dangerous step).

Then you do the rope thing with 1/8" rope and soapy water.

Place the assmbly o the frame and start pulling on the rope. You need somebody on the outside to push slightly on the assembly edge along the rope.

All for all it is a very easy process, but there are some details to keep in mind.
The first one would be to take it slow, use a OE seal, OE sealing compound, and very very gentle when putting back the aluninum trim back on the glass.

The whole thing takes barely 45 minutes.

Now the back glass the process is a little bit more complex because of the headliner (it is tucked under the seal, so you cannot just go with your utilility knive and start hacking the seal), and the defrost wires (again you cannot just hack there with a knive).