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So, I just noticed these holes drilled in the driver side doors and the rear door jamb.
They're above the hole for the door cover slider. And that's it - just the three of them. One in the back side of the rear driver door, one in the rear door above the access hole, and one in the front door above the access hole.
(Also, I don't know why my pictures are always sideways, but Shogun sent me a link to the test forum so I'll work on it one of these days).
Anyway, any thoughts on what these holes are for?
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-Josh: 1998 S54 E36 M3/4/6 with most of the easy stuff and most of the hard stuff. At least twice. 271k miles. 1994 E32 740il with nothing but some MPars. 93k miles.
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Many times paintless dent repair guys will drill holes in door jambs and such for access to repair dings and dents.
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Ah, yeah, that's true. Good point.Originally Posted by White94RX
-Josh: 1998 S54 E36 M3/4/6 with most of the easy stuff and most of the hard stuff. At least twice. 271k miles. 1994 E32 740il with nothing but some MPars. 93k miles.
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But the good ones usually use a rubber plug after.
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The lack of paint and presence of burrs suggest those holes were not made during manufacture, but later.
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Yup,PDR for sure.
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The first thing that I thought of was maybe rust proofing holes. I can picture those sized holes with a ziebart grommet in them, but they look pretty high up in the door for that.
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