Door sealing

[Ryan Sudarsky 3.0 CS]

I wondering if anyone had an alternative to buying new door sealings, they go for 230 EUR each in walloth, just got my cs back after over a year in the shop and it has no door sealing!!! any help will be greatly appreciated!

 

[jmackro]

I replaced the lower portion of the seal - the part that goes against the door - with McMaster-Carr p/n 1120A231 See: http://www.mcmaster.com/#1120a231/=591n8l At $1.73/ft it is essentially free as compared with the BMW part. I bought 25' which was about 50% more than I needed.

This probably won't work for the upper part of the seal, which goes against the windwing and the glass. I am assuming that the upper part has a different profile - fortunately, that part of the seal was still in decent shape on my coupe, and I never pulled it out. But hey, noodle around the McMaster-Carr website - they probably have something that will substitute for the upper part of the seal too.

 

[Ryan Sudarsky 3.0 CS]

Thanks! I'll check it out!

 

[damienh]

That site is an excellent resource Jay, thanks for posting it. Perhaps someone could report back if they have any success with matching any rubber ?

 

[steve in reno]

I used http://www.metrommp.com/ for the rear of the door seal. $1.50/ft and is identical to OEM in profile.
41L is the profile for rear door seal.
No reason to buy the expensive BMW seals if others can be used correctly.
hth
steve