rubber strips on windows

[gchild]

Is it easy to change the rubber strips on the outside of the front windows? I find mine don't tend to wipe the mist/rain off the glass when lowering them on a cold day. car is a w202.

Cheers

 

[280gee]

Is it easy to change the rubber strips on the outside of the front windows? I find mine don't tend to wipe the mist/rain off the glass when lowering them on a cold day. car is a w202.

Cheers

On my W210 they're also loose fitting and don't wipe the glass, much the same as yours I guess.

Perhaps they are meant to be that way so that the 210 window winder mechanism doesn't have to struggle and break as much!!

 

[stevesey]

Mine wipe a bit but not particularly well - haven't had a good look at them yet so will be intesested to hear how you get on if you take it further.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Dec]

I don’t think it is their function to wipe the glass, the are there to minimize, as far as possible water entering the inner door. From memory I think the are a soft plastic rather than a rubber composition but I may be wrong.

The are quite easy to remove and refit, and are held in place by about 4 spring clips distributed evenly along there length, if I remember correctly.

I have removed one of mine using a blunt wood chisel by gently levering upwards with a plastic card to protect paint work. The trick is to lever it upwards a millimeter at a time along its full length until you can get your fingertips underneath to finish the job. Have the window all the way down.

Dec

 

[nigel cross]

Best tool to change them with is half a wooden clothes peg.
Just lever up the metal strip slowly to remove them

 

[280gee]

I wonder if there's any possibility of bending that metal strip in order to tighten them a little?

 

[gchild]

Best tool to change them with is half a wooden clothes peg.
Just lever up the metal strip slowly to remove them

I haven't looked at it yet, but when you say lever the strip upwards, is that from inside or outside the car?

Cheers