Tears in door jam rubber on 05 X350

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02-20-2015, 05:55 PM

GrahamPhotog

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Tears in door jam rubber on 05 X350

The weather seal in my driver's side door jam has two tears in it about 3" long. Is this an easy fix, and does anyone know the part #?

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02-20-2015, 06:59 PM

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Do a search on the forum. There is a thread where it is explained that you can remove the seal and reposition the tear in a less noticeable spot and remount the seal as a practical solution.

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02-21-2015, 12:45 AM

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Depending on where the tears are you can exchange seals with pass. side

and damage ends up in footwell area then disguise damaged area.

joints can still end up under kick plate.

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02-21-2015, 02:45 PM

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I had a tear in the nearside front passenger seal shortly after I bought the car, and glued it with some trim glue I have in the garage. So far it has stood up to use.

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02-21-2015, 03:40 PM

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Yes I moved the damaged area to under the kick plate and tidied it up with black gaffer tape. The joint ended up between the hinges and is easily ignored there.

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