Monday, May 2, 2011

How To: BMW E36 coupe rear quarter window trim replacement

My trim on the rear quarter windows is completely felted. I was looking for a how to, and I kept getting linked to broken links on e36coupe.com. I went through their forums for ages, until I found a broken link from 2007. Luckily, the internet wayback machine grabbed it, so I am re-creating the post in its entirety(I did some *editing)

This was originally posted on mavster.plus.com/window.htm

Do your rear window rubber trims on your coupe look manky like this?



 
Follow these simple steps to fix the problem and make your car look new!(ish)
It will take about 30 minutes to do both sides and cost you £30.71 from the Stealers. *(Cost me $78, after I got jammed for $19 worth of shipping from Tischer BMW)
You will need the following items to complete this task:
1) A socket set with the following size sockets 8mm, 10mm and 16mm
2) A size 40 torx screw remover
3) Some cleaner to remove the sticky residue stuff *(I recommend goo gone)
4) The following part numbers from the stealers..
51.36.8.119.961
51.36.8.119.962
51.36.8.119.963
51.36.8.119.964


Here are the parts for the drivers side of the car


Gently prise(*pry) rear light from the quarterlight trim.Then
carefully remove whole of trim, Its held by clips and should pull off.
Then undo the two nuts highlighted in red (8mm)

Unscrew the 16mm bolt holding the seatbelt anchor on. Then pull off
the window trim surround. Next pull the plastic trim from the B pillar off. The plastic height adjuster pulls off, too.




Next remove the 2 torx screws and the seatbelt assembly will slide out


Recessed in behind you will find 2 10mm nuts. Carefully remove these, being careful not to
drop them inside the car. Also be careful the window doesn't drop out and smash!

Now peel back the bottom trim and clean of any adhesive residue, I used Intensive bug and tar remover.

Now remove the insert strip that runs around the top of the window and clean out the recess.





Carefully replace insert strip, and align bottom running strip in place and stick down.
Replace interior trim surround and then refit window in reverse of removal.

3 comments:

  1. Great Post! it is really helpful to me. Thanks for sharing it! BMW Related Information

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  2. Have you ever removed the molding (51131977681-2) that covers the insert strip?

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  3. You skipped so much stuff, why are we taking seatbelt bolts out and what happened to the window?

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