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Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:52 pm

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...?

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Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:53 pm

Sorry, sherry kicking in...

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Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:11 pm

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.
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Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:13 pm

Cheers Brian

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

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Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:15 pm

iv fitted one from stealers, easy to fit
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Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:16 pm

how much from BMW?
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Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:32 pm

Hang on I'll call them for ya :P

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
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It was the first one O.A. built in China and was shocking. Took 10 guys 4 weeks to sort it all out.
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Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:02 pm

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.)
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Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:08 pm

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.
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Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:10 pm

Exactly!
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The two sane touring owners hath spoketh.

I'm gonna do the same :thumb:
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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 :cry:
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Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:25 pm

That's a tiny mistake and a secondhand one from a friendly zoner won't be expensive.
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Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:34 pm

On it

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