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Old May 8th 06, 01:30 AM posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Default Shock absorbers.

Did you want to fix the door rattles, or was that just a prelude to your
question?
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> My 540 tourer has done 54K miles and I have noticed rattles in the
> doors etc. My 535 had done 130K miles but it wasn't a tourer and it
> rattled less than this car. What is a ball park mileage figure for
> replacing shock absorbers on a 6 year old 540?
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Old May 8th 06, 03:15 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Default Shock absorbers.

Apply a (one or two wraps )wrap of vinyl electrical tape around the round
bar part of the door striker.( on the body, not the door).


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> On Mon, 08 May 2006 00:30:07 GMT, "FY" <f.@OhnoUdont> wrote:
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>>Did you want to fix the door rattles, or was that just a prelude to your
>>question?

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> No I just wondered if it was caused by worn shocks.
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