Re: E46 couple question...windows in door frame

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E46 couple question...windows in door frame

kpb

21 Oct 2007 00:11

I got a ride in an E46 and noticed something funny about the windows.

The windows are kind of "stand alone"...they are not "in the frame" of
the door like on my old Japanese car. When you close the door with
the window up, the top most part of the door IS the window...ie
there's no metal frame in which the window is enclosed.

I'm not sure why BMW does this. I would think it maybe makes it look
sleeker...but you have to be careful to close the door from the actual
door and not the window. In my Japanese car you can grab the top
corner of the door, right at roof level and it's metal. In the BMW it
is the window itself.

Do they do this on sedans as well?

I'm just curious. Sorry to belabor the point.

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