e90 rear door alignment?

kolosy · 10-06-2023, 09:08 PM

was losing my mind with the amount of squeaking coming from the rear of the car, and then one day leaned on the door, and saw the whole window frame flex and make the noise i was chasing. both rear doors, neither of the fronts. looked closer and saw that the top of the window frame is a few mm lower than the front windows:

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you can actually see that the whole door sits a little lower than the front. is this adjustable somehow? or am i barking up the wrong tree and this is normal (the position, not the squeaking)

kolosy · 10-06-2023, 09:19 PM

just found the procedure on TIS, guess I'll give that a go. looks like for vertical alignment it's just loosen the 4 nuts at the hinges, move door up, tighten, and keep an eye on the striker.

we'll see?

Helmsman · 10-07-2023, 05:35 AM

Adjustment look needed mate. Even front seems a tad off, shouldn't the top rubber seal to the black trim along the roof side..? Believe it does on my car, which btw also generate sqeek if I dont "lubricare" the filt a little now and then.

10-06-2023, 09:08 PM	#1
kolosy Colonel 1708 Rep 2,227 Posts Drives: over potholes Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicago iTrader: (2)	e90 rear door alignment? was losing my mind with the amount of squeaking coming from the rear of the car, and then one day leaned on the door, and saw the whole window frame flex and make the noise i was chasing. both rear doors, neither of the fronts. looked closer and saw that the top of the window frame is a few mm lower than the front windows: you can actually see that the whole door sits a little lower than the front. is this adjustable somehow? or am i barking up the wrong tree and this is normal (the position, not the squeaking) __________________ Current '21 DG X5MC, '22 BG G82, '11 E90 M3 Recent Past '12 E92 M3 ZCP, '08 E93 M3, '18 F80 ZCP, '04 E46 M3 I think I have an M3 problem.
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10-06-2023, 09:19 PM	#2
kolosy Colonel 1708 Rep 2,227 Posts Drives: over potholes Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicago iTrader: (2)	just found the procedure on TIS, guess I'll give that a go. looks like for vertical alignment it's just loosen the 4 nuts at the hinges, move door up, tighten, and keep an eye on the striker. we'll see? __________________ Current '21 DG X5MC, '22 BG G82, '11 E90 M3 Recent Past '12 E92 M3 ZCP, '08 E93 M3, '18 F80 ZCP, '04 E46 M3 I think I have an M3 problem.
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10-07-2023, 05:35 AM	#3
Helmsman Major General 4581 Rep 7,206 Posts Drives: 2011 AW E90 M3 ZCP Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Stockholm, Sweden iTrader: (0)	Adjustment look needed mate. Even front seems a tad off, shouldn't the top rubber seal to the black trim along the roof side..? Believe it does on my car, which btw also generate sqeek if I dont "lubricare" the filt a little now and then.
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