car window seals

[Dave]

Does anyone know of a supplier of the rubber seals that car glass fits into?

Dave

[Phil L]

Local scrapyard?

[Adrian]

Dave gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

are the main one.

[Cash]

Dave,

Try the main dealer for the car that you have - they should be able to supply them (probably cost an arm *and* a leg mind). Or try one of the windscreen replacement companies near to you.

Cash

[Dave]

Thanks, but the car I am trying to repair was made in 2000.

Dave

[Dave]

The car I am trying to repair is a Rover 25 and the window is the sun roof :-((

Dave

[Adrian]

Dave gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

It almost certainly doesn't have window seals, then. The glass'll be bonded.

[Adrian]

Dave gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

[Dave]

The problem with trying that is that the sun roof glass edge (steel) will have rusted badly by the time the car is in a scrappy and that usually takes the rubber with it.

Dave

[The Natural Philosopher]

Yup.

waitamo..

Dave

[Cash]

Dave,

I know that you are reluctant to use second hand bits - but when I had a Rover, I had great success with this car dismantler

in obtaining parts - and they offer a fair warranty on their stuff.

As for the sun roof, I sympathise with you. I had one fail in the open position on a Rover, and it was a sod to sort out - in the end I managed closed the damn thing and sealed it with silicone mastic to stop leaking.

Cash

[Dave]

Can it be got in antique gold then? ;-)

If and when I can get the car up here (it's 266 miles down South away) the silicone and gun are coming out. :-)

Dave

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Well I can get such bits for my 25 year old SD1 Rover from the specialist

- have you looked to see if there is one for your model? Other thing is sunroofs are often shared by other makes - and maybe a more recent model who's maker still supplies spares. Honda would be one obvious one.

Presumably the glass fits into a metal frame and it's that seal that's leaking? Often when sunroofs start leaking it's because the tray underneath which catches the water that gets past the main seal has rotted through or its drains aren't working properly.

[Dave]

See my post timed 23-50 :-)

Dave

[Adrian]

Dave gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Beige, y'mean?

[Kevin Poole]

are the firm behind a lot of the rubber mouldings sold by trim suppliers. Not the easiest of catalogues to search or to check dimensions from, but they'll send samples and supply small quantitites.

[Doki]

Last sunroof seal I got was £27. But I suspect the glass ones are all bonded together, so you want a complete roof.

But, as Dave P said, most leaks are down to blocked drain pipes. The seals are never perfect. If you can't be doing with fixing that, I'd go down the mastic / gaffa tape route. There's a cheap non-setting mastic used for caravans called Carafax IDL 99 which would seal it up but not preclude a proper repair at a later date.

[Adrian]

"Doki" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Sunroof seals (assuming it's a factory-fit-style slider/tilt-and-slide rather than an aftermarket-style pop-up) aren't designed to be waterproof. Merely water-resistant. The drains SHOULD take any water that gets into the tray away.

Shagged or missing seals should just result in a bit more wind noise.

Open the roof fully and in each corner of the tray (the rears may well be very hidden) will be a drain. Something stiff-but-flexible should be good to give them a quick dyno-rod without dislodging them. But be prepared to drop the headlining...

Or, considering it's a near-decade-old Rover 25, just get the gaffer tape out. If you do use silicone, make sure it's not the acidic-cure type, else you'll have a far bigger problem.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Best to push up from underneath. The drain hoses are usually just push fit and if you ram too hard from above you can detach them. Plus the fact that any blockage is likely at the top - leaves etc.

[The Natural Philosopher]

TBH I fixed the leaks where the original mastic had dried out and gone=20 brittle, with decorators caulk, on my camper. Utterly brilliant actually.=

Its a question of whether the glass to rubber seal is gone, in which=20 case new rubber, or the rubber to metal, in which case mastic..