380 sl boot seal
 

I need to replace the boot seal and am not sure how to get the old one out and new one in. Can anyone help

Well, you just undo the laces and.....If you mean the trunk lid seal, it's a press fit in the channel, and I think glued in place with MB cement, which can be substituted with 3M or contact cement. If you mean the soft-top cover/lid seal, that's also a press-fit into the channel. I haven't replaced my trunk lid seal, so I'm speculating a bit, but I did replace the top lid seal. It was aftermarket, not Mercedes, and was NOT a good fit, and the cloth covering on the ends wore off in weeks.

This is a job that is harder than it looks. I have seen more of these done wrong than right. My advice:

- find an original car so you can see how the seal goes in the different areas, note how it curls over along the sides.
- get a real Mercdes seal
- be prepared to fix rust in the channel
- remove every scrap of the old seal and adhesive
- use Wurth Rubber Cement
- remove the boot (trunk) lid
- practice fitting it before you apply the adhesive because you have very little time to position the seal when you put it in for real
- work in two-foot sections

Thanks, I also tried a replacement seal and it was horrible. Ordered OEM and it is much softer, now waiting on weather seal cement from Wurth.