Second Hand Rubbers!

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Is it a false economy to buy a second hand but good condition boot seal - should I just buy a new one from BMW?


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And how about a 3rd solution? : Try a new (not second hand) one but non BMW genuine, there exist quite a lot I think, and I think the quality is the same
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I had thought about after market copies but the only ones I can find are in USA and Australia....
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condoms get referred to as rubbers where i come from, so in the context of your thread title, they are ok so long as you turn them inside out and shake the f*ck out of them! :lol:
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shonks wrote:condoms get referred to as rubbers where i come from, so in the context of your thread title, they are ok so long as you turn them inside out and shake the f*ck out of them! :lol:
I thought about that after the writing the title of the thread, but chose to leave it in an attempt at cheap humour!
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I used a stop gap of bathroom sealent on mine...... my car i mean
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I'm going to be rebuilding the bottom of the rear screen / boot area where it's rusted and thought it would be good to use new seals when putting things back together - I've already got a new rear screen seal sorted.
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