Replacing/renewing felt on the window weatherstrips

[donkmeister]

The weatherstrips on all four windows are looking a bit hard and shrunken on my LS460, and are no longer wiping against the glass when it goes up/down. Taking a look at another LS460 that happened to be parked nearby, that seems to be par for the course on these cars.

As parts to replace just this piece of trim would be approx £1,500-2000 for all four doors, I was wondering about buying some generic felt/rubber strip, removing the old perished material and bonding the new strip onto the trim.

Has anyone found a source for such strip? Does anyone have any joy or sorrow to share on this topic?

[cruisermark]

3 minutes ago, donkmeister said:

The weatherstrips on all four windows are looking a bit hard and shrunken on my LS460, and are no longer wiping against the glass when it goes up/down. Taking a look at another LS460 that happened to be parked nearby, that seems to be par for the course on these cars.

As parts to replace just this piece of trim would be approx £1,500-2000 for all four doors, I was wondering about buying some generic felt/rubber strip, removing the old perished material and bonding the new strip onto the trim.

Has anyone found a source for such strip? Does anyone have any joy or sorrow to share on this topic?

My 430 does not so it either (I've had 3)- are they designed to clean the windows?

[Malc1]

The value of these cars, and of course mine, I’m not sure I’ll be worrying about these semantics …….. these strips seem to prevent most of the rain whatever dropping inside the doors ……. Unless someone lets us know a sensible economic solution 🤔

£500 a window strip seems bonkers 💥

Malc 

[donkmeister]

Yes Malc, they also reduce the amount of rain getting inside the door. I didn't want to say that as some might get excited about the electronics (which are of course safely the other side of the plastic sheet IIRC)

The wiping effect is handy though.

[Lexusjim]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007344949417.html?

It's rubber...i don't see any mention of felt though....still, slightly cheaper