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Two ways to find your seal
1. By vehicle model. If your car is listed in our Body seals › By vehicle model category (Citroën, Peugeot, Renault, Simca, BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Matra, Vespa 400…), start there. The seals are prepared for your model: the quantity matches the doors, boot or glazing stated on the product page.
2. By profile, by the metre. If your vehicle is not listed, or for a van, caravan, boat or technical use, choose a profile from our seals sold by the metre. All you need is the shape and dimensions of the original seal.
The main types of seal
- Door opening seal: it lines the door opening on the body and seals when the door is closed.
- Boot seal, “panel edge” or “lid-mounted”: the first fits on the panel edge of the body, the second on the lid. Some models use both.
- Reinforced window channel: it guides the door window in its frame; its reinforcement keeps it in shape.
- Window scraper: it sits at the bottom of the window, outside or inside, wipes the glass and stops water running into the door.
- Windscreen or rear window seal: “heat-welded”, it comes as a closed loop already shaped to the glass; “locking-strip”, it is locked by a strip slid into its groove, often sold separately.
- Reinforced U-profile: it protects a sheet-metal, polyester or wood edge and grips by its metal reinforcement.
- Foam seals: self-adhesive (direct fitting) or to be glued (with neoprene adhesive), for hatches, bonnets and doors.
How to measure your original seal
- The profile shape. Cut a small clean piece of the original seal and look at its cross-section: U, bulb, lip, base… A photo of this section helps us a lot.
- The section. Measure the width and height of the profile with a calliper, without squashing it.
- The thickness of the edge. For a profile that clamps onto an edge (U-profile, clamp seal), measure the thickness of the metal or panel: this determines the right profile.
- The length. Measure the full perimeter of the opening, for example with a piece of string, and add a small margin. For seals cut to order, we already add a few centimetres for the final cut.
Sold by the metre, delivered in one piece. For a profile sold by the metre, the quantity you order is the length: if you need 5 metres, enter 5 and you receive one continuous 5-metre length, not 5 pieces of 1 metre.
If in doubt: the free sample
We send you one or more body seal samples free of charge: choose the references on the Body seal sample page. Compare the sample with your original seal, or try it on the flange, before ordering the length you need. You can also send us the dimensions or a photo of your seal: we will point you to the right reference.
Good to know before ordering
Seals sold by the metre and seals cut to the length of your vehicle are prepared for your order: they cannot be returned or exchanged. That is why the free sample is worth it when you are unsure.
Contact us: info@tido-distribution.fr · +33 9 86 45 12 80 · Tido-distribution, 21 rue de Négron, ZI Les Poujeaux, 37530 Nazelles-Négron, France.