E9 door trim to vent window seal

[jefflit]

Does anyone have a source or a decent alternative for the seal that runs along the bottom of the vent window chrome? This has tabs that slip over a slot in the bottom of the door cap chrome trim and completes the seal from where the rubber that slides in along where the roll up window stops. Shown below.

 

[dave v. in nc]

God, I hope so...not your basic generic Steele sort of rubber...

 

[bavbob]

I made one from an extra piece of the trim that runs along the base of the front window that this piece is a continuation of. Does the job but doesnt allow the vent window to be opened, nor water tight but looks the part.

 

[CTD]

I have sent you a pm with the link where you can find this part. If you have bought yours, please share the link for others to use.

 

[Ian C]

I also need these seals and would appreciate any leads

 

[jefflit]

True. @CTD pointed me to https://shopware.bmw-oldtimerteile....c-cs-satz-dichtungen-schachtleiste-kurz-vorne and I have ordered two. Clearly, they are different than the originals. I will post here once I receive them with my 2 cent review.

 

[Johnny D]

True. @CTD pointed me to https://shopware.bmw-oldtimerteile....c-cs-satz-dichtungen-schachtleiste-kurz-vorne and I have ordered two. Clearly, they are different than the originals. I will post here once I receive them with my 2 cent review.

Hi Jeffit,
I bought those strips from Oldtimer last year, and after several attempts it finally sort of works. Its far from perfect, and it does take a lot of precise trimming and gluing to get a fit, but the performance of the vent suffers. I'm not a DIY guro, and in all honesty if you are looking for perfection, then you're better off getting a 2nd bit from another vent somewhere.

 

[Bmachine]

True. @CTD pointed me to https://shopware.bmw-oldtimerteile....c-cs-satz-dichtungen-schachtleiste-kurz-vorne and I have ordered two. Clearly, they are different than the originals. I will post here once I receive them with my 2 cent review.

@jefflit The world is still waiting with baited breath for that 2 cents review…

 

[jefflit]

Ah yes. forgot about this. It has been > 6 months since i did this but here's what I recall...

The replacement rubber is a simple strip with a "lipped" profile top and bottom. It lacks the complex tabs of the original (see original pics in top post) but instead uses a lower lip that wraps under the chrome and centers the rubber to it. It is a very adequate solution.

You must trim about 1" from the new pieces, cut at an angle to match the front of the chrome piece.

Then you must glue the rubber to the chrome. Based on @HB Chris 's love affair with the Wurth contact cement, I used that and it worked fine, but 3m weatherstrip adhesive or one of many other glues would work just as well I suspect. There's no secret here. Plenty of non-visible surface area to glue to.

Once glued on, it looks very nice, seals well to the vent window, yet doesn't interfere with the vent window operation. One would be very hard pressed to tell the difference form the original. Overall, 4.5 stars and glad to have a supplier.

I've got a photo below where I hold the new one up against the installed original. Ignore my OSHA-approved footwear.

 

[Bmachine]

Awesome Thank you. Good info