I think bmw made a piss poor engineering decision to save weight but at the expense of a convertible top that always leaks and never works right.
Bmw z3 convertible roof repair.
This will apply to the z3 and 3 series convertible soft tops and can apply.
Fortunately for you and your z3 bmw uses rear windows with a zipper slider system making the replacement an easy do it yourself job.
Roof and the car body.
Don t worry you don t need a new top.
Any advise would be appreciated.
Core exchange option includes 150 refundable core charge plus 30 surcharge for inventory management.
You may also select the haartz stayfast topping material as a lower cost alternative.
I am tying to decide if it is worth replacing all the struts of my z3 bmw before selling.
This year bmw used a seal made of cork that dried out.
Is your bmw z3 rear window discolored cracked scratched or has the rubber trim fallen off.
If you own a bmw z3 you will probably come across some sort of leaking sooner or later heres an easy solution that works for both hard top and soft top.
Rebuild upgrade service for your 1996 2002 bmw e36 z3 convertible hydraulic cylinder send in your cylinder first for quick rebuild service.
The 1998 z3 model has a seal that is located between the conv.
Bmw seemed to have used this type of seal for 1 or 2 years we found this information by researching any info.
We could find and found it by looking at a german version of the car details.
We live in south florida and always using the top.
This videos shows some ways to diagnose the issues with the soft top not working.
The hood is a superb fully automatic affair with no manual intervention required whatsoever.
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Repair or sell my z3 bmw 2 answers.
The roof system retracts in less than ten seconds with no clips latches poppers or stress and some serious sporting credentials.
I have about 114000 miles and the condition of the car is good.
1996 2002 bmw z3 convertible top fits z3 and m roadster repair your old worn convertible top with a new bmw z3 soft top replacement in the original high quality haartz twillfast ii material.
Overall i think the reason the z3s leak so much is because the convertible top frame is not structurally robust and distorts as the top is used.