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BMW Z4 (E85) Roof Motor Relocation : Side Entry

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I'm a serial Z4 restoration addict and hobbyist. While breaking this 2007 BMW E85 Z4 I thought I'd share the method I use to relocate roof motors. I prefer this side entry approach as I can inspect the full ram and I'm not working blind, loosing skin nor risking slicing or kinking pnumatic lines. After nearly 8 years of repairing Z4's, this is my first video and still learning as I go.

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Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG), trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (German pronunciation: [ˌbeːʔɛmˈveː] ), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational conglomerate manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Germany. The moniker, "BMW ", first came into use when the German firm Rapp Motorenwerke changed its name to Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH (BMW GmbH) in 1917. Thereafter, in 1922, the name and asse...

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