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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: Jordan on September 27, 2016, 16:47:33

Title: Euro Headlight Trim Ring Seal
Post by: Jordan on September 27, 2016, 16:47:33

I do not have anything between my headlight trim rings and the headlight bucket/body and have been told there should be a seal/gasket between the two.  I am not talking about between the headlight and the body (which I have) but the trim ring and the body. 

Can someone post a picture of their seal in place and is it a formed piece of rubber or just a strip of some material you form yourself around the bucket?

Title: Re: Euro Headlight Trim Ring Seal
Post by: Jowe on September 27, 2016, 18:20:26

Check here http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Electrical/EuropeanLamp#MainComponents and scroll down to the picture with Flat glass head lamp chassis. It is the grey seal going around the frame. You can find it, as example, from http://www.authenticclassics.com/Euro-Headlight-Lens-Gasket-MB-230SL-250SL-280SL-p/auth-002708.htm

Title: Re: Euro Headlight Trim Ring Seal
Post by: Jordan on September 27, 2016, 18:58:25

Thanks Johan but I think that gasket in the picture is between the glass/lens and the body of the headlight.  It isn't between the trim ring and the headlight bucket, which is what I am looking for.

Title: Re: Euro Headlight Trim Ring Seal
Post by: Jowe on September 27, 2016, 19:51:33

There should not be any seal inside the chrome trim, I beleive. See http://www.sls-hh-shop.de/en/230-280SL-W113/82-Lighting-and-Wiper/82-a-Lighting-Units-standard/?_artperpage=10&listorderby=oxstock&listorder=desc

Title: Re: Euro Headlight Trim Ring Seal
Post by: Jordan on September 27, 2016, 21:15:45

Thanks Johan, it just confirms my own suspicion that there was no seal/gasket.  I'll have to let the person who said it was missing know that there isn't one.