angel
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I ordered a pair of seals for windscreen and rear screen from Melun Retro Passion, type with groove for plastic chrome trim. Decided to fit the front windscreen first. Seal would not seat correctly at the bottom edge and corners to allow the rest of it to be fitted around the glass, no matter what I tried. Seems that both the groove for the glass was too tight, and the seal would not follow glass corners as it is not formed to shape but rather a profile cut to length and joined. I gave it another try and fitted the seal on the body aperture first, and then try to fit the windscreen, a technique commonly used with Mini windscreen and seal. No success, either.
Frustrated, I moved to rear screen believing that, being smaller it would be easier. I managed to fit the seal around the glass but it was obvious that it was not right: there was a large gap between glass and seal ath the inner side, and seal would not want to follow screen corners. Tried to fit it on the tailgate with a cord and of course it would not go in.
Then I remembered I had bought another rear screen seal from Melun some ten years ago, and got it out to compare it along the new one, and the seal that I removed from the car. Difference was more than obvious: "old" Melun seal was preformed to shape, and, more important, glass groove was much wider and smooth inside, while "new" one is very narrow, plus there are ridges on both sides of the groove.
Has anybody experienced this? Is this another poor refabrication (like loads of new parts) or am I doing something wrong?
Frustrated, I moved to rear screen believing that, being smaller it would be easier. I managed to fit the seal around the glass but it was obvious that it was not right: there was a large gap between glass and seal ath the inner side, and seal would not want to follow screen corners. Tried to fit it on the tailgate with a cord and of course it would not go in.
Then I remembered I had bought another rear screen seal from Melun some ten years ago, and got it out to compare it along the new one, and the seal that I removed from the car. Difference was more than obvious: "old" Melun seal was preformed to shape, and, more important, glass groove was much wider and smooth inside, while "new" one is very narrow, plus there are ridges on both sides of the groove.
Has anybody experienced this? Is this another poor refabrication (like loads of new parts) or am I doing something wrong?