Window Channel Guide

[Dipperd]

Hi Guys

Fixing the front windows and seem to have it all sorted apart from the window channel guides in the rear of the door. When i got my car it didnt even have them fitted - part of the reason it was so cheap!

I have now acquired a pair of them but cannot see how to fit them?

Could someone please post a pic of how they are fixed/located.

Thanks

[1996 328ti]

The guides are probably lying in the bottom of the door.
The rubber guide just presses into the channel.
I used some silicon at the top and bottom to keep from becoming loose.

[Dipperd]

Yeah i have the guides and the felt inserts but i need to see how they actually attach inside the door as they seem very short. Also there only appears to be one point at which the guides/channels can be fixed to the door but that leave the top quite loose

[cooljess76]

IIRC the top slides into a guide and the bottom has a bolt or vice versa. There's a rubber plug towards the bottom of the door. Remove the plug and you'll have access to the bolt.

[Dipperd]

Ok got the guides in - PITA that it is to do.

Read through the fix on the knowledge base but cant seem to sort the next issue =

the window goes up and down ok, regulator arms stay in place etc but about half an inch from the top the window leans forward so that a gap of 1cm appears at the rear. it doesnt pop outward or inward just seems to fall forward. Any ideas what it could be?

[cooljess76]

Hmmm. Sounds like the end of one of the regulator arms may be slightly bent. This might allow one arm to travel a little bit further than the other arm. Basically, when one slider reaches the end of it's stroke, the other keeps going a little further.

[MacUser]

Are you sure the window is in the front guide properly?