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Anyone know how to put front rubber door seal on properly?
I got a new door seal for my car and yeah, it's kind of on okay, it's just not on 100% perfect.
There's the plastic part that goes beside the rubber seal (photo shown). Am I supposed to put the rubber in first then the plastic part, or the other way around? Very tight fit in there despite the fact that the plastic is very thin. Is there some specialty tool to do this properly? Thanks, jeff W124, 214k |
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Bone tool
Bone Assembly and Trim or Weatherstripping Tool is what I used soapy water would have helped me as well
Part #: T52-BON on Pelican Parts |
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I went through this during a LH front door swap on my '96 W210, which looks like the same design (seal and plastic trim both). IIRC I had to pull the seal to remove and install the plastic trim. So in your case I'd make sure the plastic trim is well seated before installing the seal.
Installing the seal is a "roll it in" kind of deal, if that makes sense. You don't just shove it straight down into the channel. It hooks in towards the outer edge of the door and then rolls right into place, as you move along, giving a final push to fully seat it. It's not so easy to put into words! I used no special tools for this seal installation job, though I do recommend the "bone" and other shapes plastic pry tools for all kinds of trim related jobs.
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The plastic goes in first. Fix up a spray bottle with soapy water and use that as a lubricant to get the seal seated. Place the seal on the door as if you were going to push it straight in then roll the lip which is furthermost from the door away from the center of the door and push toward the groove with a paint stick or a blunt trim tool. Plastic or wood, neither will hurt the rubber.
If you lay the tool against and parallel to the plastic trim it will finally push into place. If the seal is new I usually have to make three trips around it to get it all pushed in enough to be what I consider perfect. Slow and easy with patients and determination works best buy that's true with anything on a Mercedes.
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NO soap and water!
Ok guys, I found out the trick to doing this, and soap and water are NOT it, not that I tried that. If you use soap and water on a water tight seal.....what do you think is going to happen??? The water's going to get TRAPPED in there and RUST your car. No thank you.
The RIGHT way to do this, as I found out, is to put the plastic piece in first, then use a rounded putty knife (ie, without sharp corners on the edges) and pry the rubber in from the inside and outside of the rubber. Then it went in real well. |
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Okee dokee.
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