Sunroof not closing right

[jbach36]

After 30 years, my original sunroof seal got a bit dryrotted and the one corner sort of shrunk up or something and the sunroof didn't want to close right so the last time I closed it, I left it closed until I had a new seal in hand.

At $160, I absolutely refused to buy a Mercedes sunroof seal. I mean....Lexus seals are $40. So I bought a Uro brand "exact fitment" or whatever they call them and put it in.

The sunroof doesn't close the whole way now. I don't know if it's because of the Uro seal or maybe the sunroof got out of kilter from the last time I closed it with the original seal in. I was going to take the seal out completely to see if the sunroof will close with no seal. At least then I can take the seal out of the equation to narrow down the problem. And just in case it is, I now have a MB seal on order.

Any other things that I should do to get the roof to close properly?

Thanks,

jeff 1991 300d