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rubber door seals
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:39 pm
by MGFmad
My original front door seals were falling apart so I bought some new ones but went for the plain black rubber option.
I find they make the car doors quite difficult to close - they need a bit of a slam! Hopefully they will ease off a bit when they compress in use, just wondered if this was normal and if its the same for the original type - should I decide to change.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:43 pm
by jonathon
There are several sizes of the push on seals. Do you know the diameter of the seal tube.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:18 pm
by bmcecosse
At least you should have decent draught-free seal MGF!
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:32 pm
by alanworland
I found the seals just too much and discovered ESM do a 'soft' version, (only in black) which makes shutting the doors so much easier.
I still had to do a bit of flange work though as I found it was tight in some areas and barely touching in others!
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:07 pm
by Cam
I replaced my disintegrated ones on my 2 door saloon with ones from a Rover 416 (1997). The doors needed a slam to shut at first but they are ok now they have bedded (squashed) in.

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:10 pm
by MGFmad
Keep meaning to reply to this post but so many things to do!
I measured my new seals and they are around 17mm diameter - quite big really, I will see how they bed in but I might go for the original coloured type - don't like all this door slaming.
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:39 am
by aupickup
baines in tunbridge wells do 2 sizes