[Tedb3ar]

Hi the door seals on my 190e are in poor condition and i want to replace them my first question is has anyone gone about this process? any walkthrough and/or tips will be appreciated second thing is from the posts ive read about the job from the w124 forum there seems to be a contention whether adhesive is used to attach the seals to the door, im of the opinion an adhesive was used hence would like to know what type of adhesive to use in this case?

 

[Tedb3ar]

Synthetic rubber based adhesive, also known as SBR adhesive

Thank you let me look it up

 

[Tedb3ar]

Mercedes do their own, it comes on a one size tin iirc. I used it for a bootlid seal once and it was awesome. But the rest got wasted.

it never crosses my mind to ask for oem production material due to the said difficulty to acquire them/ Mercedes' vagueness about what they use , will look this up too

 

[Tedb3ar]

There is no need for any adheshives, it like self locking when push ib snugly , how it comes out is how it goes in ,a small little rubber hammer will take good care of this swaping door seals, pay attention on all corners start from horizontal top ( Roof) first , Pick and Pull is very cheap and lastly you can repaint to black or matching color with carpet paint from automotive parts stores.

Hi have you done this job before? the seals on my 190e are definately the original ones and there seems to be some sort of adhesive there

 

[Tedb3ar]

When the vehicle was assembled in Germany, they used adhesive to install the door seals. When the seals have to be replaced, you have to use the adhesive it’s made by 3M it’s sold by Napa. It’s sold by AutoZone. It’s sold at many parts stores.

i have agree just looking at the door seals its not difficult to see the bond between the seal and doors seems to be held together by something in between

and no need to apologize you seem to know what youre talking about, this information will help alot of people avoid an unnecessary/costly screw ups