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Floody 
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 Posted: 09-December-2005 at 17:45 |
Rhys, 
Simon,didnt take the side windows out myself, but watching the guy's took them 5 mins, door pilar trim has to come off and you need a long reach 8mill slim socket as there are 2 screws in the door pilar, the rest are clip's. It was well worth paying them as you need to know what you are doing, thought they would have cracked the screen taking it out as it has a few chip's in it, but no, out in one piece
ROB, you have been my inspiration  but time will not let me go as far as you have. I have untill 23rd of this mth.  had a look at your link and well what can anyone say
P.S How hard is it to remove the dash??? 
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Mark E30 M3 RHD!!! now sold !!! still crying!!!!
E36 318 is in technoviolet, for sale
Thank's for the photo Coasting, Flood's on tour!
 
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Simon325i sport
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Posted: 09-December-2005 at 18:08 |
Cheers Mark
Removing the dash is time consuming and fiddly, but not difficult if that makes sense! It's only actually held in by 4 bolts iirc, just label all the wiring plugs up when removing everything, and bag the screws/clips for different parts up seperate.
Hardest part in my opinion was removing the heater control panel, but I think you can get away with leaving this fixed, just un-screwed from the dash.
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SHEPSM3
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Posted: 09-December-2005 at 18:10 |
 Floody wrote:
P.S How hard is it to remove the dash??? |
Well, its a piece of P on a LHD car, but as yours is RHD, well now thats another story!  Joke aside, it is actually quite simple, there are a couple of hidden screws with the heater control panel, but are pretty obvious to find. Obviously the center console has to come out first, then the heater panel - cables can be fiddly, S'wheel, instrument pack, glove box and lower dash panel then alls revealed. Its really not that bad.
Good luck with the resto, don't skimp on anything, it isn't work cutting corners, as you may well know.
Paul.
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Lancastrian
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Posted: 09-December-2005 at 18:31 |
Simon325i sport wrote:
A little off topic, but how hard was it to remove the rear side windows?
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The rear side windows are not too difficult to remove.
The key to it is two little nuts that hold the trim on through the B post. IIRC the bottom one is accessed from behind the rear trim panel. To get at the top one you have to remove the coat hook.
Once those are off you can ease the rubber over the lip from the inside and the whole thing - window, rubber and trim - comes out in one piece.
At least that is the way I did mine.
Edit: sorry to duplicate the above post but it was not there when I started writing this post! I've taken an age finding, resizing and uploading the photo.
I have found similar problems as the above photos. My scuttle was not so bad (but I still replaced it) and my sills were OK.
The photo was taken last May and I am sorry to say that it does not yet look much different.
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Floody
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Posted: 09-December-2005 at 18:38 |
Simon325i sport wrote:
Cheers Mark
just label all the wiring plugs up when removing everything, and bag the screws/clips for different parts up seperate.
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Thank's mate  been baging up all the bit's from day one, you think you know where somethig goes,then a week later it's s..t what was that for 
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Mark E30 M3 RHD!!! now sold !!! still crying!!!!
E36 318 is in technoviolet, for sale
Thank's for the photo Coasting, Flood's on tour!
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billgates e30
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Posted: 09-December-2005 at 18:44 |
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i'll be there in the morning mark so i should be able to give you a bit of a hand if you need
and if tim shows up i suppose he could get his dainty hands dirty too
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Floody
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Posted: 09-December-2005 at 18:45 |
Paul  love it about the rhd bit. That is what I think may happen, remove the dash and @@@@ loads of scotch lock's  But as it was ment to have been done by bmw from new I'm expecting insulation tape
Will let you all know in the morning 
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Mark E30 M3 RHD!!! now sold !!! still crying!!!!
E36 318 is in technoviolet, for sale
Thank's for the photo Coasting, Flood's on tour!
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Floody
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Posted: 09-December-2005 at 18:50 |
billgates e30 wrote:
i'll be there in the morning mark so i should be able to give you a bit of a hand if you need
and if tim shows up i suppose he could get his dainty hands dirty too |
You bringing the bacon and egg bun's well done for me 
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Mark E30 M3 RHD!!! now sold !!! still crying!!!!
E36 318 is in technoviolet, for sale
Thank's for the photo Coasting, Flood's on tour!
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E46ACS
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Posted: 09-December-2005 at 18:55 |
billgates e30 wrote:
and if tim shows up i suppose he could get his dainty hands dirty too |
And after all those Cokes I bought you the other night!!!!!! Cheeky ******
I've been lured by the dark side now, so I have no doubt my hands will be getting dirty!
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My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Ferris pass-out at 31 Flavours last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
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billgates e30
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Posted: 09-December-2005 at 18:55 |
did you not leave them barbeques in the boot
and ordering drinks shouldn't be a problem niehter, the main road is just outside...we'll just have to wait for a red light so someone stops
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billgates e30
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Posted: 09-December-2005 at 18:56 |
E46ACS wrote:
billgates e30 wrote:
and if tim shows up i suppose he could get his dainty hands dirty too |
And after all those Cokes I bought you the other night!!!!!! Cheeky ******
I've been lured by the dark side now, so I have no doubt my hands will be getting dirty! |
all fo two pints of coke.....and i offered to pay....bloody southerners
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Simon325i sport
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Posted: 10-December-2005 at 04:51 |
Lancastrian wrote:
Simon325i sport wrote:
A little off topic, but how hard was it to remove the rear side windows?
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The rear side windows are not too difficult to remove.
The key to it is two little nuts that hold the trim on through the B post. IIRC the bottom one is accessed from behind the rear trim panel. To get at the top one you have to remove the coat hook.
Once those are off you can ease the rubber over the lip from the inside and the whole thing - window, rubber and trim - comes out in one piece.
At least that is the way I did mine.
Edit: sorry to duplicate the above post but it was not there when I started writing this post! I've taken an age finding, resizing and uploading the photo.
I have found similar problems as the above photos. My scuttle was not so bad (but I still replaced it) and my sills were OK.
The photo was taken last May and I am sorry to say that it does not yet look much different.
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Good stuff, I've read somewhere else the fixed windows are difficult to remove! Cheers!
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Floody
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Posted: 12-December-2005 at 15:00 |
Well some idiot(me)did'nt take the camera into work today so will have to double up on the photo's tomorrow, sorry lad's.
Did'nt get much done on Sat. morning, too much talking with Chris and Tim over Tim's new car,and nice it is(wish mine was in the same state at the moment) , but as he has said himself the "list" has started!!!!
So on to today, well the dash is out,along with the interior,thank's Simon and Paul yes you are right, it is held in with 4 screw's, and lot's of wires,they all have lable's on .Also the back pannel has been removed along with the scuttle,so not a bad day,apart from....
Looking at the car at 4pm today,dash out wires all over,no inside's (plus all the outside bit's) I was thinking
What the have I taken on...
Should get the rear pannel fitted tomorrow,plus a bit of "prep" work on other bit's....Must remember to take the camera
The one thing I'am having a real panic over is when will the scuttle turn up.Without that,can not put the dash back and that will slow thing's down
Photo update Tuesday evening!!
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Mark E30 M3 RHD!!! now sold !!! still crying!!!!
E36 318 is in technoviolet, for sale
Thank's for the photo Coasting, Flood's on tour!
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Goldryder
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Posted: 12-December-2005 at 16:16 |
Flamin' 'eck Mark...you don't do anything by halves do ya...sheeeesh...
Having done similar with the tubby Supra, I know how you feel and I also know that you often wish you hadn't started it...but keep going, she is well worth it
(the car that is, of course)
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Simon325i sport
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Posted: 12-December-2005 at 16:57 |
Hey Mark, just had a thought, now you have the dash out, it's an ideal opportunity to put the steering wheel back on the right side!!
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Floody
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Posted: 12-December-2005 at 17:33 |
Simon325i sport wrote:
Hey Mark, just had a thought, now you have the dash out, it's an ideal opportunity to put the steering wheel back on the right side!!
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LOL Would love to, but what would I do at McDonald's??? Reverse in??
Saying that, did'nt get any nasty surprizes on the wireing front, everything was in order,and the bit's that had been extended were professionally done.No tape in sight
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Mark E30 M3 RHD!!! now sold !!! still crying!!!!
E36 318 is in technoviolet, for sale
Thank's for the photo Coasting, Flood's on tour!
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E46ACS
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Posted: 12-December-2005 at 17:35 |
Floody wrote:
LOL Would love to, but what would I do at McDonald's??? Reverse in?? |
Get out of the car and walk inside!!!!!!!
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My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Ferris pass-out at 31 Flavours last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
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billgates e30
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Posted: 13-December-2005 at 14:51 |
actually one of the american car mags took a bunch of left hookers out of a multi story car park where the ticket machine was on the wrong side of the car, various other drivethroughs, toll roads etc were involved too, pictures of a 69 mustang and a 71 dodge charger reversing through mcdonalds was quite amusing
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Floody
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Posted: 13-December-2005 at 16:37 |
Well was hoping I could get the back pannel in today,but again I had to work, so only got 1 hour on the car.
Dont know if you can see from the photo's, the O/S is cut out ready for the new rear pannel, the N/S is still to do,should get this done in the morning (work allowing)!!!
This is the one that scares the fcuk(for the mod's.. French conection u.k!!!) out of me, I'm no auto electrician, and my thank's go to Nigel for the "How to do" link, all I did was follow the instruction's...Hope they work the same in reverse!!!
Well as you can see the "Scuttle" has been removed,just wish the new one would turn up.
Un like the rear pannel, I dont have the new one to marry it up to, just hope I have not cut in to far
The rust under this was well out of order
Just done a preview so hope the photo's look better....Well for you lad's anyway!!!!!
The Car and me are at our lowest ebb ,all I want is the scuttle fitted,the dash back in and the rear pannel fitted.............. After that,well It's all plain sailing... I wish
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Mark E30 M3 RHD!!! now sold !!! still crying!!!!
E36 318 is in technoviolet, for sale
Thank's for the photo Coasting, Flood's on tour!
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kevin
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Posted: 13-December-2005 at 17:03 |
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Mark,
You are an inspriation and, at the same time, the bearer of pictures of
doom. Well done for tackling this yourself. I am in awe.
Roll on Croft '06 so I can see the finished result in person.
Phew I'm so pleased I managed not to mentioned the steering wheel...doh,doh,doh
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