Thank you soooo much for explaining this!!! i have struggled with this for months, first off to get the time, ( i had the part for 5months) and since my girl has a job, we have twins, and im working late hours, this helped me alot.. i removed the door panel 3times allready and gave up every time.. Finally found this page, and now im gonna try again tomorrow... :P by the way mine broke in cold weather.. the door was frozen. seems bmw makes more junk now than before.. its probably good for weight loss but hey.. we need quality too in some specific parts.. Thank you.