Hey all,
My E46 that my son drives was involved in an accident... while it was parked in front of my house. Long story short, the driver's door was damaged enough that the quote to repair it was nearly $2000. Rather than do that I decided to find a junkyard door to swap on in the same color.
My question is if there are any pointers or gotchas I should keep in mind as I work through swapping the doors out.
I'll probably swap all the guts out, even though the door I got came complete with all the solenoids and whatnot - I'll also be swapping the glass to retain the tint on the current glass which is 100% fine.
Will post a couple pics in a few.
BODY GUYS, ANY AND ALL SUGGESTIONS/HELP WELCOME! Particularly interested in any airbag gotchas.
Replacement door:
My E46 that my son drives was involved in an accident... while it was parked in front of my house. Long story short, the driver's door was damaged enough that the quote to repair it was nearly $2000. Rather than do that I decided to find a junkyard door to swap on in the same color.
My question is if there are any pointers or gotchas I should keep in mind as I work through swapping the doors out.
I'll probably swap all the guts out, even though the door I got came complete with all the solenoids and whatnot - I'll also be swapping the glass to retain the tint on the current glass which is 100% fine.
Will post a couple pics in a few.
BODY GUYS, ANY AND ALL SUGGESTIONS/HELP WELCOME! Particularly interested in any airbag gotchas.
Replacement door: