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    That is what I thought so far. I tell all people which buy them from Maylaysia/Thailand to heat them up with a bit with warm/hot water or a hair dryer, that they become flexible. Especially now in winter time the gaskets are of course hard when cold.
    And I give them this instruction in Japanese with pics http://infinitier.ddo.jp/e32/page/ma...inte_50702.htm
    Last edited by shogun; 04-29-2020 at 06:52 PM.

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    I tried in both summer and winter, heated them up and left them cold, even left them in the sun. I did that, they don't fit properly, even when heated up - they would be too large, I'll show you guys.

    The little holes for the pins were like a millimeter too far apart to get the tiny little pins into. Every hole, because of the difference, would be about an extra milliliter too far away. The plastic piece was slightly too wide.
    The one from the dealer fit PERFECTLY. That proves I was doing it correctly. I still have a dealer piece that I haven't installed yet, I'll find my malaysian ones and show you. Maybe I got a bad batch, because I do remember some other people having the same problem.
    Last edited by shogun; 04-29-2020 at 06:53 PM.
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