E30 Zone

Hi all

Where is the bet place to buy the rubber strip that sits on the back tailgate between the bottom of the window and the op of the metal....?

Is it just stealers...?

Stu

Sorry, sherry kicking in...

Best place, not bet place

Dealer only for the correct part, but it looks a fairly 'standard' sort of profile, so I wouldn't be surprised if something very similar isn't available from trim specialists.
I think some on here have replaced the whole thing with carefully smoothed black silicon rubber sealant.

Cheers Brian

Merry Xmas and thanks for all the advice over the year!

Stu

iv fitted one from stealers, easy to fit

how much from BMW?

Hang on I'll call them for ya

shouldn't cost more than 30 notes, but if I remember rightly a few zoners have found them also to be short/ or didn't take long to lose an inch or so. Check this via the search first though.

I'm tempted to grab a tube of this http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... sNum=50259

I only used west marine as I used them for all our stuff. It'll deal with salt water with no issues so good enough to stop a bit of rain or romanian jet wash action.

Its what I used to refit the lounge windows on this


It was the first one O.A. built in China and was shocking. Took 10 guys 4 weeks to sort it all out.

Does have a $hit hot underwater radar system though.

The strip shrinks. It's a good idea to take the old one out and hang on to it. Buy a new one from the dealers. Fit it with black silicone underneath it. When the new one shrinks, you can cut a bit of the old strip to fill the gap.

(I've done this myself.)

toby wrote: you can cut a bit of the old strip to fill the gap.

(I've done this myself.)

This is what I normally do - cut a piece of spare strip to fit in either side of the shrunk one.
Doesn't look bodged at all, as it gives the impression of being bits of corner trim.

Exactly!

The two sane touring owners hath spoketh.

I'm gonna do the same

Brianmoooore wrote:

toby wrote: you can cut a bit of the old strip to fill the gap.

(I've done this myself.)

This is what I normally do - cut a piece of spare strip to fit in either side of the shrunk one.
Doesn't look bodged at all, as it gives the impression of being bits of corner trim.

im a twat i chucked the old one in the bin

That's a tiny mistake and a secondhand one from a friendly zoner won't be expensive.

On it

Cheers gents