Window glass front door remove and install

# Window glass, door ,remove and install.

Drivers door: Gently pry out mirror switch and disconnect. |
Passenger door: Pry out plastic cover from armrest. |
Remove screw in opening. |
Remove 2 screws in bottom of armrest. |
Slide armrest forward to disengage clip from storage compartment, remove armrest. Follow green arrows to remove and white arrows to install. |
Pry inner door handle surround towards rear of car, and lift off door panel. |
If door lock button has a knob on top, unscrew it. |
Use a trim tool or gently use a flat screwdriver to pop door panel clips from door, start at the lower front corner where damage will be less noticeable if you make a mistake. |
Once clips are disengaged on bottom and sides of panel, lift panel straight up. Window seal may come out with panel.
If seal did not come out with door panel, gently pry upwards on last two clips, grab seal and pull out of remaining clips. |
Remove plastic splash sheet. |

#### Early style regulator, prior to 3/88:

Raise window until bolts in regulator are accessible through the opening in the lower rear of the door. Remove the two bolts.
Swing window up at the rear, disengaging roller from front section of regulator.
Lift glass out of door by raising rear of window until glass is vertical, then lift straight up and out of door.

#### Late style regulator, from 3/88:

Position window as high in door as possible while retaining visual access to slides. |
Tape window over door frame to secure. |
Cut cable tie securing wiring to door near window motor. |
Unplug window motor by squeezing connector while pulling. |
Remove the three 10mm bolts (green arrows) and two 10 mm nuts (blue arrows) securing window motor and regulator to door. |
Push regulator towards rear of door to remove rollers from slides. |
Fold up regulator and remove from door by pulling lower edge out first. |
Tilt front of glass downwards, into door, to remove from guides. |
Lift glass out top of door. |

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Installation:

Adjust window. |
Align door lock rod with hole in door panel. |
Position window seal on door, not panel, replace any damaged clips. Clips mount over dimples in sheet metal. |
Replace any damaged door panel clips. |

E30 M3 Repair Manual V2.7. Copyright ©1999-2001 Koala Motorsport & Brett Anderson