This seems to have been a problem with the E60 since birth and by your comments seems to be still with us. No doubt you will have seen the many postings and comments about this subject within the site and the debateable success or otherwise of fitting the "improved door seals" . In my own case this put me off getting my dealer to replace my old seals under the warranty with all the hassle involved. I have however just tried a tip posted by someone else in the forum. I put a small amount of ordinary dish washing liquid(about half a teaspoon)on to a damp cloth and wiped round all the door
seals in particular the felt strips then another wipe round with a wet cloth to remove excess lather. This was followed by using an old towel to dry off the seals and three weeks later No Creaks! Hope this helps and thanks to our friend who gave us this idea.It seems to work and easier than getting the seals replaced.
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Thanks for the info

 

If you do this, make sure that you do not wipe any waxed painted surface with the dish washing liquid. The detergent strips off all the wax.

 

If you do this, make sure that you do not wipe any waxed painted surface with the dish washing liquid. The detergent strips off all the wax.
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I think the reason it works is it is stripping off the wax. From what I have heard waxing the door seal area is the culprit, or contributes to the problem.

 

Yes, the runflats are like metal boots. It definitely gives the car a harder ride.
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I'm getting really pissed about both the steel tires (RF's) and the sqeaks.

I noticed also a beginning sqeak in the left front door (close to my ear).

I'm now driving with 225/55 16" non RF soft winter tires but driving in the city
over some tram bar makes the car rattle as hell.
It feels like there's no suspension.

I suppose the RF Dunlops has already demolished the suspension?

My dealer will be getting hell!!!

 

Hi Streak,
Have your creaks increased big-time this week with all the rain?

 

If you do this, make sure that you do not wipe any waxed painted surface with the dish washing liquid. The detergent strips off all the wax.
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Yeah!... thanks I have seen the results of this when after a few months of using dish washing liquid to wash his Porsche 911 my brother wondered why his paint did not shine anymore

 

Yeah!... thanks I have seen the results of this when after a few months of using dish washing liquid to wash his Porsche 911 my brother wondered why his paint did not shine anymore
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Yes but he's saying using it on the seals. Nothing to do with the paintwork.

 

I purchased Dunlop Winter Sport M 225 50 17 (runflats of course, even though I was told that non-runflats were available....and they were not) my dealer mounted on my 17" factory wheels and my 530 xi creaks like a mother when it's below 10 degrees. This blows large chunks. No problem with factory non-runflat Conty's. Did I spend 59K to have my car creak like a GM shit-box???? I don't think so but sure looks that way!

Does BMW have so much tied up in this runflat thing that they cannot see the forest through the trees???? Time to cut & run boys.

For sure if my dealer cannot put non-runflats on my 18" summer wheels, I'm heading to another tire dealer who can.

 

you may wanna check your steering wheel buttons.. mine were loose and thats why i was getting these noises from the left side of the windshield..
try hold them in a way that they wouldn't move.. and check if you still have the noises..

hope this helps..
good luck..


you may wanna check your steering wheel buttons.. mine were loose and thats why i was getting these noises from the left side of the windshield..
try hold them in a way that they wouldn't move.. and check if you still have the noises..

hope this helps..
good luck..


p.s: sorry but i forgot to quote in the previous post .. so i did it again to make it obvious what im talking about

 

Can normal tires replace the run flats, or do you need other wheels?