Help: Review mirror + Rain sensor
 

Hey guys i was just checking out my rain sensor,
i need to know how to eliminate the air bubbles in the rain sensor

and i removed the review mirror but i cant get it back on:(, it has 3 clips
that fit around a nut mounted to the windshield

from BMW WDS online

Optical element


The optical element is adhered to the windshield behind the rear-view mirror. It consists of a glass body (prism) which routes the beams emitted by infrared diodes at a defined angle to the windshield. The light beams reflected by the windshield are routed by the optical element to the infrared receivers.
The optical element is heated by a heating element to ensure condensation cannot form on it.
The optical element is bonded together with the windshield in a special process such as to guarantee the physical properties of the system. This bonding process cannot be carried out in the workshop. Therefore when replacing the windshield, a special windshield with the optical element already bonded to it must be used.

That blows. Mine has bubbling, but knock on wood, the system works just fine.

Did you remove the mirror mount from the windshield?

Or are you talking about re-attaching the rearview mirror to the windshield mount?

I think I read somewhere that the rearview mirror itself just rotates onto the mount. Just twist it on.

got the mirror back on, took 3 seconds the proper way

hold perfectly straight dont apply to much pressure and rotate offset 45 degrees towards where it should be, sooo ez wen u know

as for the rain sensor i got it off, picked up a tube of clear silicon and i will try it out 2maro!

If memory serves me, there's a TIS that talks about this. On the X5, there's supposed to be what looks like an air bubble on the lower corner (closer to the driver side - LHS) of the sensor. I have it on my X5. OTOH, my MCoupe doesn't have such air bubble :dunno:

Why are you trying so hard to get rid of the air bubble? Is the rain sensor not working properly? As long as it's operating properly, I couldn't care less if there's a bubble or not.

rain sensor not working, i will silicone it back 2gether 2day, well c if it works, if not than i dont care for it anyways cuz it never worked in the first place

on a side note, anyone know what the part number is for the actual plastic piece that mounts to the window its purple and has 8 lil light reflector things, not the sensor

Not sure what vehicle you have but check realoem.com. Is it one of these parts?

RealOEM.com * BMW E53 X5 4.8is Interior mirror

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/diagrams/a/f/192.png

i used the clear kitchen & bath silicon today

10am> silicon the plastic lens hold it to windshield with tape!! let dry---> still little bit of bubble drivers side---> 3pm install sensor and try it all out



IT WORKS!!!!!!!!

RealOEM.com * BMW E53 X5 4.8is SINGLE COMPONENTS F RAIN SENSOR

the plastic peice is apart of the sensor, the part thats glued to the window is separate and u can unclip it from the sensor b4 u re/re the sensor