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Old 10-16-2023, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Salty B. View Post
My car has those shades and they seem to be made of dust and gossamer, any tricks to getting the panel off without damaging the shades? What adhesive would anyone recommend to glue the panel fastener blocks back to the panel? Most of those fell out when I removed the donor one. I'd imagine mine will do the same once I get around to doing that.
Permatex Black. Best thing I've found for repairing the door panel brackets. Here's a quick video I made showing the repair of my E53 panels. Never had one pull back off when having to inevitably go back in for a regulator, DHC, or litany of other reasons to pull a BMW door panel.

Quick tip: BMW E53 X5 Door Panel Mounts Repair
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