Rubber Door Seel Popping Off on Coupe

Stinger · 02-09-2008, 02:00 PM

I have a rubber piece that has popped off on both sides of my door area. This is a piece that is not connected to the door. It is attached to the rear portion of the door opening, by the B pillar (if I had one on my convertible.)

Here are a couple pictures. There are two little plastic knobs that do not protrude easily. Not sure if they unscrew or you are supposed to pull on them. Then the rubber piece has two little eyelets for the knobs to pop into, but this is not as easy as it looks.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how best to pop them back into place. I had the dealership do it once but I think this issue will happen regularly and I'd rather just know how to fix it myself since it is a poor design and would hate to run to the dealership each time to get it resolved.

Any thoughts how best to pop the rubber back?

Thank you

soph1aa · 02-09-2008, 05:17 PM

Happened to me twice on my e93. It was my passenger door side, and i don't open that side of the door much so i don't know why it got loose I'ts annoying but after the second time, it's fine now ...

canucklion · 02-09-2008, 08:16 PM

can you give OP some pointers on how to pop it back in?

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Originally Posted by soph1aa

Happened to me twice on my e93. It was my passenger door side, and i don't open that side of the door much so i don't know why it got loose I'ts annoying but after the second time, it's fine now ...

DSe93 · 02-10-2008, 04:57 AM

happened to the passenger side on mine.. supposedly u shud take the lil knob out (somehow) and put em in the eyelets THEN push em in the hole again.. good luck with gettin em out tho..

Stinger · 02-11-2008, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by DSe93

happened to the passenger side on mine.. supposedly u shud take the lil knob out (somehow) and put em in the eyelets THEN push em in the hole again.. good luck with gettin em out tho..

Well that's seems pretty obvious.

The problem is getting them out and the motion of sliding them into the eyelets without the knobs receding back into the door panel.

I have to head over to the dealership this week (had a plastic part on the rear passenger side of my bumper pop out when I hit a pothole this weekend. Now I have a nice hole in my bumper so I need a new trim piece (it covers a camera for the PDC.)

I'll see what the service guy does to get the rubber piece back in a report back so others know how it is done.

Shagate · 12-28-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Stinger

I'll see what the service guy does to get the rubber piece back in a report back so others know how it is done.

I know it's been a while, but I'm having the same issue.
Any update you can give? Parts, cost?

In my case the head of one of those plastic clips broke off. Have a feeling I'm going to need to stock up.

NoMods · 12-28-2011, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by canucklion

can you give OP some pointers on how to pop it back in?

you actually asked nicely?

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Stinger Major 112 Rep 1,040 Posts Drives: 2007 335i Convertible Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southern California iTrader: (1) Garage List 2007 335i E93 [7.00] 1993 318is [0.00] 1996 Z3 1.9 [0.00]	Rubber Door Seel Popping Off on Coupe I have a rubber piece that has popped off on both sides of my door area. This is a piece that is not connected to the door. It is attached to the rear portion of the door opening, by the B pillar (if I had one on my convertible.) Here are a couple pictures. There are two little plastic knobs that do not protrude easily. Not sure if they unscrew or you are supposed to pull on them. Then the rubber piece has two little eyelets for the knobs to pop into, but this is not as easy as it looks. Does anyone have any suggestions on how best to pop them back into place. I had the dealership do it once but I think this issue will happen regularly and I'd rather just know how to fix it myself since it is a poor design and would hate to run to the dealership each time to get it resolved. Any thoughts how best to pop the rubber back? Thank you Attached Images __________________ http://e93fanatic.blogspot.com
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