# Door stop, 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 |
Lower window, dead electric motors can be over ridden (on earlier cars) with the Allen key from the tool kit, remove plug from door panel. |
Remove rubber plug from window motor. |
Insert Allen key crank handle and wind window down. |
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.
Peel plastic splash sheet up from lower front corner |
Pull back rubber cover from hinge on pillar. |
Remove clip from bottom of hinge pin and drive pin up and out. |
CAUTION: Door becomes very loose and can swing shut, beware of damage to pillar from door stop rod once pin is removed.
Remove two 10mm nuts securing door stop to door frame. |

### Installation:

Door stop fits both doors. |
Align door lock rod with hole in door panel. |
Position window seal on door, not panel, replace any damaged clips. Clips go over dimples in sheet metal. |
Replace any damaged door panel clips. |

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