Rain X Window Lubrication

Rain X can also serve as a lubricant between door glass and rubber seals on your BMW 2002. By applying Rain X inside and outside of power windows, you reduce strain on window motors and you will never “tuck” a window seal when rolling a window down. Also,...

Wink Rear Mirror Modification

If you have installed a Wink mirror in your BMW and find headlight glare from following cars at night is distracting, try this. I installed a tinted plastic Sun Shield, available from Pilot Industries, 14314 Shadywood, Plymouth, Ml 48170 for $3. The 17″ shield...

Bavaria Window Trim Strip

The suggestion applies to fellow Bavaria owners who have chips or holes in the black plastic portion of the window aperture outer trim strip. This particular strip appears to be one of the components on the Bavaria especially susceptible to cracking or chipping. A...

Window Seal Replacement

If the outside rubber seal against the glass of the roll-up windows in your BMW 2002 has cracked, deteriorated, or shredded itself, you can easily replace them in a few minutes’ time with a newer plastic seal that comes on the newer cars. 1976 models have them...

BMW Window Regulator Repair

Owners of BMW 2002 might be interested in an inexpensive alternative repair for a common problem with the window regulator mechanism lurking inside the doors. The original crank mechanisms tend to weaken at the pivot point, held together with a rivet. After years of...

Window Channel Replacement

When the felt door window channels of your 2002 needs replacing – which are in the vent window frames – and the BMW dealer says “no gotz”, order part number L19-3464U from J. C. Whitney. You will get six feet of this channel for $4.98....