Side Finisher Rubber Replacement and Rear Side Window Trim Replacement

[Epsilon]

Anyone in the SF bay area interested in the discounted 4 quantity price of $139.30 + tax?

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2332490.m570.l1313&_nkw=225606622802&_sacat=0

[Tbonem3]

Looks like the ebay add suggests that the part is genuine BMW - anyone find a part #? Surprised no one ever foudn this part if it is, indeed, bmw.

[WOLFN8TR]

I received the pair of seals mentioned above ~ 2 weeks after ordering Will They appear to be every bit OE quality to my eye. Nice grade rubber and finish. I like the quality 3M tape that came attached to the pieces as well. The rubber seal as a whole is a little thicker than I expected, especially toward the H-kink.

Looking forward to see the results with these two seals. If these fit good I will go this route as well. Keep us updated. Thanks…

Here is another link for these from the same seller all in English and Dollars.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/22560662280...mis&media=COPY

Group Buy anyone?? 🤔

[Maxima SE]

I received the pair of seals mentioned above ~ 2 weeks after ordering Will They appear to be every bit OE quality to my eye. Nice grade rubber and finish. I like the quality 3M tape that came attached to the pieces as well. The rubber seal as a whole is a little thicker than I expected, especially toward the H-kink. But I'm told by others that it should fit behind the molding just fine. Attached are a few pictures.

I find it interesting that there's no tape along the bottom end of the seal. Maybe it's held in place by the trim once all the screws are in or something? I'll reference Cubieman post above. These seals have a significant taper from the C pillar to the B pillar. So maybe there is hope for a perfect fitment.

I'll probably do this job within the next month. I'll be happy to report more at that time. Cheers!

what a great find. hope the fitment is great. for $200 its a bargain IMO

[Mayan-Viking]

I received the pair of seals mentioned above ~ 2 weeks after ordering Will They appear to be every bit OE quality to my eye. Nice grade rubber and finish. I like the quality 3M tape that came attached to the pieces as well. The rubber seal as a whole is a little thicker than I expected, especially toward the H-kink. But I'm told by others that it should fit behind the molding just fine. Attached are a few pictures.

I find it interesting that there's no tape along the bottom end of the seal. Maybe it's held in place by the trim once all the screws are in or something? I'll reference Cubieman post above. These seals have a significant taper from the C pillar to the B pillar. So maybe there is hope for a perfect fitment.

I'll probably do this job within the next month. I'll be happy to report more at that time. Cheers!

[Will]

I just picked these up. Great find. Thanks for sharing!

Good find. This job can be a pain in the ass, especially dealing with eliminating kinks of the new weatherstrip. Please keep us posted with your experience of this alternative.

[Mayan-Viking]

Hi, found this replacement on eBay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225570502374

I just picked these up. Great find. Thanks for sharing!

[SQ13]

Probably better off DIYing the seal cutting step and saving $160. Not worth it at $200 IMO.

[PSUEng]

I've got to do this, thanks for bumping this thread!

[BMWE46M3]

Good find. I don't need it since I already did mine but would love to hear feedback from anyone you buys this.

[mthird]

Hi, found this replacement on eBay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225570502374

[Albino09]

Finally got around to trying the rear side window seal repair (after doing the lower trim more than 2 years ago). Only took about 2.5 hours from start to finish. The most important tools for the job are a 3M adhesive remover and a plastic razor blade to get the old double-side tape off. Planning to do the full passenger side next (Seal and Lower trim). Also, I went with the Ameriseal version from Advance Auto Parts and it was soft enough that I didn't need to use vacuum hose to get the kinks out.

[0-60motorsports]

I have the same issue with my rear window bottom trim runner disintegrating. It’s like $250 for a pair for Yw gloss black trim. BMW needs to up their quality

[E46_M3_ZCP]

BMW can be real assholes sometimes because apparently this same seal for the prior generation E36 is available and sold separately by BMW for like $50 but they decide to screw us on the E46 for no good reason and instead of spending $100 to replace both sides wear item parts only on the finisher(i.e. this damn seal), they want you to spend $1,200 to buy the entire finishers so basically throw away $1,000 for nothing.

E36 Window Seal Example Sold on FCP

🖕 BMW

[yhp2009]

Im surprised no one has yet fabricated the rubber part to sell separately. Seems like there could be a lot of money to be made