window trim faded again!

[tsanjose]

this is the second time since i owned my car that the window trims fading. the top coat is peeling and everything.

the funny thing is, rarely drive this car since the dealer changed the trim and i park in a garage both at home and at work.

im starting to think it's the carwash soap. has anyone suspected soap?

has anyone tried to replace this on their own?

[tsanjose]

i cant believe 37 views and no one has had or is going through this problem?

[kenyee]

Haven't had it on mine. 4 yrs old, sits in the sun all day and the weather here in Boston is lots more extreme than san jose :-)

I do put 303 protectant on it once in a while. The trim up on the roof is fading, but I used Griot's back to black stuff on it and it's ok now.

[JimB]

I have that problem but i just ignoring it, like Ken was doing I apply some back to black protectant and turn out isn't that bad.

Merry X-Mas to all[:)]

[tcp_ML500]

i cant believe 37 views and no one has had or is going through this problem?

That's old news, better cut your losses, the window trim has been like that since inception of the W163.
I actually never bothered having them changed, could not care less anymore, I have, however, had them change the plastic film that covers the doors where they meet the B pilar, these keep shrinking, shrivelling like a old d!ck and pulling from the window trim. Shame on MB.

[tcp_ML500]

JimB - 12/3/2004 10:43 AM
Merry X-Mas to all[:)]

And I thought that San Diego was just a couple of time zones away! Turns San Diego is several International Date Lines away![:D]

[tsanjose]

funny cause i just started to use the carwash again vs. washing it myself. then all of a sudden, BLAM! window trims a fadin...


does anyone know if this is easily replacable?

[JimB]

well tcp, with my age I might forget to greet you guy when the real time comes, so I will say it again Merry X-mas TCP and ALL[:D][:D][:D][;)]

[BETO]

Yeah, at your age better start sending Easter cards too. What's up Jim?
The trim can be replaced at the dealer or at home if you are handy. Here in the desert, when I got my car it was already faded, so they changed it at the stealer a week later. Now is like fading again, but I don't care anymore. I parked the car outside, under shade, carwashed every month or so. Just enjoy driving my car more than showing it.

[tiger2doll]

I had all 4 window trims replaced twice already in the last 18 mths of service. It looks utterly ugly to have a cracked and faded window trim on a $50K vehicle, especially in front of clients. In my opinion, MBZ has cut corners in the ML and used really really cheap quality materials. I asked my SA - Do you use the same crappy trim in E, S and other classes. He said no they use a hard plastic trim for all other classes which is more durable and does't fade at all. But for the ML, for some reason they use this cheap rubber trim which is prone to fading. Live with it or get it changed.