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Old 02-23-2026, 03:58 PM
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Probably just use bolted on manhole covers...

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Myth busters did that. And a few other ideas like stuffing a flat tire with hay.


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Pulled the drivers door card off to change what I thought was a DHC going bad. Turned out it wasn't. I pulled the latch too and lubricated it. Its back to normal operation. Since I was going to be in there I ordered new clips for the window and changed those while I had it open. Window operates quietly and smoothly again. When I pulled the card off the upper piece of plastic broke off the card. It has been in the process of coming off every time I've had to pull the door card. Been gluing and epoxying it back where loose for awhile. Completely came off this time. Cleaned off all old glue, cleaned and prepped the plastic and used bumper adhesive to glue it back together. We'll see how it holds up.
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Went and got my new rims, the black ones were sold so I got these...

I also had to do a repair on the actual door handle because, why not have more things to do?

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Went and got my new rims, the black ones were sold so I got these...

I also had to do a repair on the actual door handle because, why not have more things to do?

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It's always like that. Go to fix one thing, find another.
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Yup. You have a defective BMW if there isn't anything on it that needs fixing.
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Number one rule with BMW repair: leave one item unresolved. Car will fight back if you fix everything.


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Number one rule with BMW repair: leave one item unresolved. Car will fight back if you fix everything.


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What is this thing called "one" you speak of?

If I only had one thing to repair, I'd check and see if I hopped in someone else's e53!!!

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Nice. Yeah might bea theoretical concept.

Related: you can fix any big items and leave any number of smaller ones.


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Number one rule with BMW repair: leave one item unresolved. Car will fight back if you fix everything.
Might just leave the panoroof head liner alone!
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