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Originally Posted by WDBCB20
What is it with URO that they won't just simply make an exact copy of the OE original, pass the cost of the additional thickness i.e. more rubber on to the customer? Is this really so hard to achieve? Many of the members here already chimed in that they would be happy to pay more to get OE fit and quality!
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Huh…must be cost. The price differential was extreme. MB when available was 2x more money. You do that in manufacturing and you’re going to get a completely different outcome.
The thought of raising prices to raise the amount of rubber is an interesting one. It really is up to the marketing team. Do they think they can get the money or are they going to end up with a bunch of parts they cannot move? URO has a long history of making very low cost replacement parts…some of which I’ve personally been disappointed in.
However, as a guy trying to fix these old cars, URO supporting our market is a godsend. Even with their rock bottom pricing agenda and quality tradeoff. I used the window seal on the front. No it wasn’t as thick as OE. But it seals. And it is still soft two years later.
Being $50 cheaper than the past MB seals? Well I’m a pretty cheap bastard. I’ll take the cheap while being quietly accepting that it isn’t as thick. I’m too cheap to repaint my car and now I have a masking line showing where the lip of the URO seal is pulled back 1mm.
I used to have a volvo p1800 before I had the Benzes. Availability of rubber parts from URO is greatly appreciated compared to what the p1800 crowd was doing for those parts.
After hearing good things about the 126 door seal on a recent post I think I’m going to try one. What else am I gonna do? Sit around and get mad? Sell my car? Rub black silicone on the cracks?
It’s really clear MB has had a change of heart about maintaining stock of 40 yo parts. I am going to embrace reality and fit my car with URO so I can keep driving it.