Convertible Window Replacement - Small Front Window.

["Neil Deshpande" <Ndeshp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The small window appears only on E30 convertibles.  The wiindow has to be =
installed from below the sill - it is not possible to install it like a =
windshield by slipping it into the frame.  Remove the door trim - Bentley =
describes this well - and loosen the motor so you have space to insert the =
pane into the door throught the hole in the door metal.  The hole is =
partially blocked by the window motor. =20

The window is held up by a flat metal piece undreneath it that has tabs =
that insert into the outer panel and a hole tha accepts a screw through =
the inner panel (of the door).  The window should be inserted with the =
rubber seal in place.  Soap helps a lot.  Took me and my girlfriend about =
1 hour to do this.  It is nice to have someone hold the moving window up =
when you reinstall the motor and have to adjust it.

Mechanic quoted $168 in labour.  3 hours!  We took a combined two hours =
since there were two people for 1 hour.  Actually, the second was not =
needed for the full one hour.

Jason Lile supplied the window at a VERY reasonable $15 plus $8 S&H.  =
Thanks.

Neil Deshpande
1988 325 is
1989 325 iC - windowed just in time for MI winter!

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