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Doki wrote:
Dave wrote:
Cash wrote:
Dave wrote:
Does anyone know of a supplier of the rubber seals that car glass
fits into?
Dave

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.


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


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.


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

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