Front plastic window seal has come away from the window - suggestions?

[emohawk11]

http://alloycarparts.co.uk/images/parts/porsche_seal_001.jpg

The plastic / rubber seal has come away from the window, and has let windscreen wash in through the gap a couple of times, so its no longer water tight.

Any suggestions on what can be done???

thanks for help in advance.

[yimmy149]

If the plastic is in good shape, you can probably go to any autoglass shop to have it re-sealed.

If it's in bad shape, you can get a new one from the dealer, and then have an autoglass shop install it. Or if you don't care about the "factory" look, the shop will also have the generic stuff.

-james

[emohawk11]

The plastic looked in reasonable shape to me, but when I got to Autoglass they said the back had crumbled away.

They tried with a screwdriver to apply pressure and press the seal back into place, but its still loose.

When I asked for options;

1) leave as is (not ideal!)
2) replace seal, which I was told meant taking the windscreen out !? he then went on to say the windscreen may crack when taking it out, so a new windscreen & seal too.

any more thoughts? is it worth getting a second opinion?