It seems a shame not to mention expensive to replace good A-pillar covers just to get the weather stripping. Mine are fine but the weather stripping has atrophied badly.

Does anyone have a method to just replace the weather stripping and not the entire A-pillar cover?

 

The A-pillar cover and the door seal are separate parts, and the seal lip covers the A-pillar cover. All you have to do is pull the door seal off and replace it.

 

Its the lip on the A-pillar cover. Not the gasket below it.

Is there a way to just replace th lip seal?

Can't seem to upload the image for some reason. But its the A-pillar where the seal rests on the windshield

 

Post a picture, and the last 7 of you VIN.

 

Here's a pic from our former '07 - its the same. Last seven - T391499

 

Oh! That's the exterior A-pillar cover; I though you were talking about the interior cover. Here's the part number ... 51137272583

Here are the instructions for removal/replacement: https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...dow/1VnXzQ21K8

 

I'm very comfortable working on these things. The problem I initially mentioned is I hate to spend $120 for a pair of A-pillar covers just to get new rubber. There's nothing wrong with the cover itself. Just the rubber.

Thanks for the links!

 

Sorry, the first instruction link I posted was wrong; that is for replacing the actual metal A-pillar.

Here are the steps for pulling the exterior A-pillar cover: https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...dow/1VnXzQ21K8

ECS had the foam piece for $21 + shipping.

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...t/51337146095/

 

Thanks again for the link. I've seen how to do it also on YouTube. Still my original question holds - I just want to replace the rubber seal. Seems costly and a waste to through away good A-pillar covers just because the seal is bad.

 

I'm in the same predicament and went ahead and ordered both A-pillar gaskets from the link above. Thanks mkov608 for the ECS link.

 

But the gasket won't fix what I asked. They sit below the A-Pillar.

 

So you are stating that there's an additional rubber piece besides the gasket underneath the A-pillar cover? I looked at another Mini with a good gasket and can't find what you're referring to. This is mine below:

 

It's not very clear from the pictures from ecs, so the foam has a rubber stip that seal to the window?

 

it appears the rubber seal is not connected in any way to that foam piece. As the original posted asked and stated it's connected to the a-pillar panel. His original post was very clear to me, can the rubber strip connected to the a-pillar piece be bought separately?

 

Correct!

 

Nui, did you ever figure out how to replace just the rubber weather stripping on the A Pillar trim? I've got the same issue.

 

A driver did a u-turn right in front of the car from the curb and destroyed the car. So no, sorry.

 

Ok that's good to know. I'm going to ask the parts folks at the dealer but my feeling is they'll want to replace the whole trim panel. Mine's just cracking and haven't lost any pieces yet, so I may try some silicone filler as a stopgap.

 

That rubber is part of the a-pillar and not a separate part:

Set Of 2 R55 R56 R57

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...51137272583kt/