
BMW E36 OEM POWER REAR VENT WINDOW INSTALL
June 2007 Jeremy Reyna
jjreyna@sbcglobal.net
1.0 INTRODUCTION
TheseareinstructionsforinstallingtheOEMBMWPowerRearVentWindowsKit.Thiswouldbe
impossibletoaccomplishwithoutthehelpsofthosecitedintheSourcessectionbelow.Theseinstructionsare
basedontheinstallationintomyJune1998buildE36M3.Thefollowingoptionswereinc
ludedondelivery:
‐BlackNappaLeather
‐PowerSunroof
‐HeatedFrontSeats
‐Forged17”Staggered5‐SpokeLightweightWheels
Asadisclaimer,theseinstructionsworkedformycar.Thesemayormaynotworkforyoucar.Iused
severalDIYsthatworkedforme,andasaresultIincl
udedtheminthisdocument.Goodluck.
2.0 REFERENCES
2.1 DavidOrtiz(Odortiz)andhiswebsite:
http://www.geocities.com/odortiz/misc/pwrvent/zpwrvent.htm
.Severalpixfromhiswebsiteare
includedinthisDIY.
2.2 SeanMcDevitt(Keda)forhishelpfulemailsabouthisexperience.
2.2.1 JohnFirestoneforhisinstallationnotes.Kedaforwardedthesetomeandareincludedat
theendofthispdf.
2.3 JohnathonVitoloforreviewingandprovidinginputba
sedonhisinstallation.
2.4 BentleyServiceManual‐BMWE363Series
2.5 AllBMWForums
3.0 PRE‐INSTALLNOTES
3.1 InstallSummary
3.1.1 RemoveInteriorComponents(Section 5.0)
3.1.2 InstallPowerHarness(Section 6.0)
3.1.3 InstallSupplementalHarness(Section 7.0)
3.1.4 InstallMechanicalComponents(Section 8.0)
3.1.4.1 WindowSwitches(Section 8.
1)
3.1.4.2 WindowMotorsandFlexShaft(Section 8.2)
3.1.4.3 C‐PillarFoldingWindowLatches(Section 8.3)
3.1.4.4 RearPanelTrimPieces(Section 8.4)
3.2 Makesureyouparksoyoucanhavethedriver’ssidedoorcompletelyopenandapaththatisclearto
theseat’sdestination.TheseatisHEA
VY,I’mguessingaround80lbs.Evenworse,it’sawkwardto
grasp.Ifyouhavemanualseatsbecarefulnottohitoneofthespringloadedleversortheseatwill
snaptothatposition(b/cnoresistance)andtheCGwillshiftandpossiblycauseyoutogethurtor
dropthese
atanddosomedamage.
3.3 InreferencetoFigure2,solderingcanbeusedinplaceofthesespliceconnectors.
3.4 TakeCAUTIONwheninstallingthewindowmotorsandflexshaftbecausethesheetmetalinthat
areaisthinandsharp.
4.0 MATERIALS
4.1 PARTSORDERED(
Figure1‐ElectricHingedWindowKitandLt/RtRearPanelTrim
Pieces(topright)Figure1)
4.1.1 ElectricHingedWindowKit:51‐36‐9‐402‐689,$285(withdiscount)
4.1.1.1 PowerHarness:61‐12‐9‐404‐366
4.1.1.2 SupplementalHarness:61‐12‐9‐402‐660