Reinforcement door plate video

[Kibokojoe]

I have made a video on how to install the door plates

Hollywood it ain't

http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/j...ideo_final.flv

[bubba966]

That on an E32?

Don't recall the retaining pin having a clip to hold it in place on the '93 M5 I put the Koala plates on a couple of years back. Recall that pin just having a piece/barb that stuck out to prevent it from backing out. The clip style pin looks much easier to deal with.

[BigKriss]

Thanks for that. A great video.

[Kibokojoe]

Hmm... have clips on my 89 E34 535i and 91 E32 735i.

[Kibokojoe]

Thanks

[Kibokojoe]

Looked at the http://bmwfans.info site and based on the illustration you should have had clips. I wonder if yours fell off.

http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E3...ge_door_brake/

[BennyM]

YAY! One handed!

Now, please do a Vanos video.

[yaofeng]

My 525i has the door stop ripped syndrome on the driver side front door. Even though I plan to transplant the door from the wrecked 540i to it I bought two plates.

I started to put it in yersterday thinking it may be a long time before I do the door transplant. I found the reason the door stop tore through the sheetmetal is because the torsion spring inside broke. So it may be easy to install with a good door. For one already broke it is not straightforward. You have to install the door stop and spring assembly from inside of the door. The difficulty is how to thread the assembly throught inside of the door after the card is removed.

[bubba966]

Looked at the http://bmwfans.info site and based on the illustration you should have had clips. I wonder if yours fell off.

http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E3...ge_door_brake/

Even though that's for a '93 M5T (friend's car is a '93 M5 US model 1/93 build) look at the diagram and #5 (the clip for the pin) isn't circled or in the parts list below meaning it's not used on the car.

They must've changed the pin at some point to eliminate the retaining clip to save a few cents in production. My '95 M-Sport (9/95) & my other friend's '95 525iT (6/94) also don't have those retaining clips.

[yaofeng]

Just want to complete what I started by saying for those of you who bought the reinforcing plate to repair rather than to do the preventive maintenance and had to deal with installing a door stop assembly with the bracket and torsion spring from inside the door, it can be done. The door card needs to be removed naturally. Window should be up. The door stop assembly goes in straight up from the inside. It is not easy or straightforward. But can be done.