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i have just fitted rear popouts and have been thinking about converting them to electric . has anyone done so if so wot motors did you use ? i have been thinking about e46 compact parts , is it possible ? thanks matt

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This would be pretty cool... Too much hasle to open them manually when its only myself in the car...

Been done a few times no guides or how to's that i know of, just a case of making parts from other cars work, E36's and E46's have leccy rear pops out so thats a good place to start

it is possible. Dave_m3 has them in his car which i think he said in another thread the other day that they are e36 part numbers on the bits

hum looks like a trip to breakers then . Paul do you know if the parts where from a coupe or compact e36/ e46

Monkey,let us know how you get on as I would really like to do this now I have heard about it.

i'd give him a PM matt and see whats needed, looks like e36 coupe from this thread
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ectric+pop

will do cheers chap

a friend of mine has done this to his sport,looks great
Indy

blackE30indy wrote:a friend of mine has done this to his sport,looks great
Indy

can you get some pics of them fitted ? if so could you please post them up to give me more of an idea where to start . thanks matt

I had never though of this upgrade but now the mind is ticking...my pop outs have probablu only been opened half a dozen times in the last 16 years!! Too much of a PIA but leccy would fix that.
Real keen to see how this thread goes

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monkey wrote:

blackE30indy wrote:a friend of mine has done this to his sport,looks great
Indy

can you get some pics of them fitted ? if so could you please post them up to give me more of an idea where to start . thanks matt

yea will get some pics, but at the moment he's in germany
so when he's back ill get the pics

some renault luguna coupes (older ones) have them i had one a wile aback with lecy pop out windows so get down the scrap yard and have a look

thanks blackE30indy if you could that would be great . maxlee i have thought about renault as the megane coupes had them too .

I'm watching this too now

This is a great mod to do....

I used the parts from an E36 coupe(1995)

You need everything from the popouts on the e36, including the loom, switches, plugs, motors, brackets, ect.

This is a good time to change the front switchs to the e36 ones.

Also you would need to change the console to a moordoor one with electric windows all round, or cut into yours to fit the extra switches

As for choping in the loom, all you need is the live and earth, which you can take from the front switches. For this just follow the guide on the forum for swaping to e36 switches.

I do have it all written down somewhere, but cant find it. I did this a few years back on one of my other e30s.

Raj_p how well do the e36 motors fit and do they look neat when fitted ?

They actually fit very good, and work well. Aslong as you take your time and dont boge things up, it will look neat and tidy.

The pain is just the wiring routing.

Also theres a relay for the rear windows, thats located under the dash on the e36 (drivers side)

Theres two there, one comfort relay and one for the rear windows, you need the one for the rear windows.

This should be the wire colours at the relays

Comfort relay...red, red/brown, black/green

Hinged window relay...violet/brown, violet/green, red/brown, black/red, violet/yellow, violet/blue

Also, forgot to add, BMW used to sell a retro fitting kit for the E36, to convert the rear pop outs to electric. Not sure if you can get this still.

boys and girls, indy is referring to me, i am in venice at the moment, soon as i am back i'll explain!

There's a set on e36coupe at the minute - £200 ono

http://www.bmwowner.com/forum/viewtopic ... 7&t=188769

hum e36 parts look rare and expensive does anyone know if e46 parts will fit ?