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I have been driving an "old" 2005 car for some time, it has not been well maintained for 5 years (left outside without driving every day). The rear window seals are starting to seriously crumble (see photos below). These are flat metal core "lip" seals.

The change would require a complete removal of the bezel, which is cumbersome and complicated.

Is it possible to use a silicone-type product or glue it by breeze to renovate them from the outside? It is too late to soften them; they crumble as soon as they are touched. I fear infiltrations (the inner part must be in better condition but still)

Or better left like this and so much the worse for the look?

The look does not matter too much, the body is not in good condition, but should not make it too dirty either. 2 photos of illustration below, on the first I simply passed the finger and a piece is gone ...

Thank you

Logically ... even if the joint were to deteriorate completely you should not have water infiltration inside the car ... Because normally the glass is stuck to the sheet by the glue to the windshield. ..However you will have a stagnation of water without the molding in the lower part and the corrosion which will go well thereafter ... It should take a few years to rot and pierce ... By then you may have to have your smoking to replace it with a more virtuous one ... Afterwards ... If you have glass breakage insurance ... You give Christophe junior gloves, glasses and a hammer ... Because even if you adventure you wanted to do the repair yourself ... Take off a windshield with a kadécouye cuter, buy the gasket and the gluing kit and re-glue it ... It will cost you more than the deductible ... With the risk of find yourself (because you are not a pro and not equipped for the operation) a leaking windshield, which is badly centered with the unbalanced joints which make br uit when you roll .... And injure the anticorrosion coating with your cuter during disassembly cleaning .... And for having taken off some in an "amateur" way I can guarantee you that the success rate without breaking it has been very weak...

Do not tell me about it: I changed the front windscreen before this car 3 months is just enough ...

So for you there is nothing to do easy and leave the joints like this?

I do not see too much ... But sometimes it's just the joint has to change it is not pasted but just clipped ...

If it is found it is even available to the meter ... What is your cart ???

For me it is already missing a piece ...

takes a picture a little wider, I see how this window is mounted ... in close-up like that I do not understand

if it is an old classic assembly, there is only the joint, no adhesive

there is a multitude of rubber quality different ... some are eternal ... others are biodegradable as of m ....

the original seals of the major car brands were generally very good ... the seal sold to the bodybuilder to make the repair are more worrying

2005 or 1905?