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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 12:16 PM
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i am trying to remove the cover on the upright where the door closesagainst the windscreen. There is an air bag beneath the cover so i am worried. The reason is because of a rattle behind the cover, the dealer told me they can not find anything wrong so i thought i would look myself. If anyone has pics showing this would be great.
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 01:07 AM
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 08:13 AM
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Here you go:
A_Pillar_Removal.doc
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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Thanks stream -- I was "Acrobat-less" on my primary machine and unable to jump in with the details.

525iiii, be sure and heed the following airbag safety warning:

Before performing any work in the area of an airbag system, make sure that the ignition is off and the key is removed!
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Old Jan 15, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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thanks for the info i really am nervous about this because of the airbag will it be 100% ok ?
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Old Jan 15, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='223957
thanks for the info i really am nervous about this because of the airbag will it be 100% ok ?
Proceed at your own risk! I've never removed that piece!
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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how does the little airbag sign come off, and would i be better off disconecting the battery. if so would i have any problems when i reconect the battery
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 525iiiii' post='225518' date='Jan 17 2006, 11:46 AM
how does the little airbag sign come off, and would i be better off disconecting the battery. if so would i have any problems when i reconect the battery
As I said, I haven't done this myself, but I would assume (and you know what assume stands for... ) that it would pry out with a screw driver. Since the instructions don't call for disconnecting the battery, I would assume the airbags are not powered when the ignition is off. And you may have other issues if you disconnect the battery.
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Originally Posted by stream' post='224592' date='Jan 15 2006, 12:26 PM
FYI--I used Word since I don't have Acrobat on my PC. I set the default printer to MS Office Document Image Writer, print, open Word, insert picture from file. Then compress pic to web/screen--it took a 2.5 MB file and reduced it to 240 KB.
Yeah, I just prefer .pdf format since it's more universally readable. Also, I like to include any linked pages that TIS has to make it one complete document. One of these days, I'll get around to installing Acrobat on my newer, primary machine...
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='225650
FYI--I used Word since I don't have Acrobat on my PC. I set the default printer to MS Office Document Image Writer, print, open Word, insert picture from file. Then compress pic to web/screen--it took a 2.5 MB file and reduced it to 240 KB.
Yeah, I just prefer .pdf format since it's more universally readable. Also, I like to include any linked pages that TIS has to make it one complete document. One of these days, I'll get around to installing Acrobat on my newer, primary machine...
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I agree on the merits of pdf--just don't want to spend the $300! There's a free word reader now:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeup...1197531033.aspx
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