BMW E46 window regulator zip tie fix doityourself

Just an update:

I cleaned all the contact points where the window meets and that seemed to improve the speed slightly. Also, I had my door apart to check the regulator too since it was making a weird crunching sound. Found 1 of the regulator broken. The window was holding onto the 2nd regulator, which was what allowed me to continue rolling the window up and down. I performed the zip tie mod (using zip ties rated for 65 lbs) on both regulators and everything appears to be working well. I was actually able to triple zip tied both regulators with everything still in the door, so I'll see how well this will hold up in the long term.

Good work.

Thanks for this post! It provided me with good information to fix a "Clunk" I had when closing my drivers side door. When the window was all the way down or partially down, the sound was very bad. Turns out, one of the four primary nuts (the top left) that hold the window system in place worked its way off and gone. I ended up finding it down inside the door which saved me the task of finding a match. Thanks for this post. Awesome.

For ,those owners of an 06', the is a fifth hex bolt holding the outer panel on, it is under the little plastic "airbag" badge. The fourth is behind the button inside the interior lever to open the door.

Great writeup, thx!

awesome write-up, thank you OP for posting it! i used it tonight on a friends' 2002 325iT.

Any hope of rescuing the images on this thread?

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Originally Posted by Dual

Any hope of rescuing the images on this thread?

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+1 Also interested in images!