Cabriolet rear window seal?

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Post Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:28 pm

Does anyone know if the seal can be changed on the rear quarter window the vertical seal that the front window closes against if it can be changed does anyone know the code? :cool:
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Post Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:06 am

Anyone?
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Post Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:28 am

They can indeed by changed as I removed the from an old scrap roof not that long ago. Unfortuntaly Topblag is taking them so dont have them to sell to you.

They do have a rivot holding them onto the frame. This can be replaced with a rivot gun or simple glue the seal into place.

They are very hard to get second hand, and I believe they are NLA at the dealers. But no harm in giving cotswalds from the traders section on here a call to see if they can source them.
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Post Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:14 am

On that note Russ, spoke to the Horseshoe man yesterday and it's still there for me. I'm hoping to get it over the next week before I go off on my hols.
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Post Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:49 am

No rush Colin, the car is now up for sale so if it goes before we can catch up I'll post them over to you for free.
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Post Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:03 pm

Rtaylor2208 wrote:No rush Colin, the car is now up for sale so if it goes before we can catch up I'll post them over to you for free.
what's happened there then ?
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1988 Alpina C2.5 moredoor in Black, 71k
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Post Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:55 pm

PM'd you colin, to save the OPS thread
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Post Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:58 pm

Hi guys thanks for the advise but it's not the roof seal that I'm talking about I'm talking about the weather strip which is attached to the rear quarter glass itself..... not to the rear quarter or the roof I searched in the parts catalogue under glazing but couldn't see it there.... :cry:
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Post Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:23 pm

Ah, sorry the bit that goes between the front and rear panes of glass when the windows go up and down?
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Post Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:27 am

Yeah that's the one
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Post Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:51 am

if its leaking from this part its most likely the windows needing alligned rather than the seal replaced. I have been trying to get this just right on my cab for a while and while its water tight the still rattle a bit too much.

Try following these two guides first:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... ar_windows
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... ont_window
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Post Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:36 pm

Yeah it leaks because their warn out completely there supposed to have a like a flap on the them which is the weather seal part but that's missing on one side.....
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Post Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:47 pm

Flap? Could ou send me a pic of the side where you have this flap? As I haven't got those!
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