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,...

BMW 2002tii Rear Window Heater Installation

Follow instructions for application of heating grid to rear window, the easy part. Wiring it up takes more effort. Remove both parts of the rear seat and discover (I hope) a black wire with red tracer which goes nowhere. This wire should be hot when the blower switch...

BMW 2002 Rear Defogger Switch

Two welcome additions to my 1975 BMW 2002 were a 530i rear defogger switch which has the convenience of a small green light providing those of us who are somewhat absentminded with notice of an operating rear defogger, and a VDO Top Cockpit quartz clock which I placed...

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...