{"id":78842,"date":"2022-01-04T04:35:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=78842"},"modified":"2022-01-04T04:35:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T12:35:56","slug":"rear-hatch-glass-2007-bmw-x3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2022\/01\/rear-hatch-glass-2007-bmw-x3","title":{"rendered":"Rear hatch glass 2007 BMW X3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to replace rear hatch glass. Particularly, how do I remove the body part above the glass, so I can get to the glass?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should just pop off if you do not see any screws or retainers. May need to use a stiff flat removal tool(shown below). This will help you to get underneath the trim and lift up and prevent damage to it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=freea08-20&#038;language=en_US&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B07TL9X79V&#038;asins=B07TL9X79V&#038;linkId=9f5854c6f33bf7d7d3a999fcacce606c&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ProcedureTitle\">REAR LID<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REMOVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>1.Remove trim for rear lid.<br \/>2.Disconnect all plug and socket cable connections on rear lid.<br \/>3.Open screws (1) on rear lid hinge to rear lid,\u00a0<strong>Fig.\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:fDisplayImage(false,'Rear lid removal','1', '1' )\">1<\/a>.<\/strong>4.Remove trunk lid.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2007-bmw-x3-rear-hatch-removal-1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2007-bmw-x3-rear-hatch-removal-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78851\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INSTALLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Reverse procedure to install.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A<strong>DJUSTMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>1.Release screws (1) on rear lid hinge to rear lid so that rear lid can still be moved,\u00a0<strong>Fig.\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:fDisplayImage(false,'Rear lid adjustment','1', '2' )\">2<\/a>.<\/strong> <br \/>2.If adjustment range is not enough, also slacken screws (2),\u00a0<strong>Fig.\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:fDisplayImage(false,'Rear lid adjustment','1', '2' )\">2<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/>3.Adjust rear lid.4. Retighten all screws.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2007-bmw-x3-rear-hatch-adjustment.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2007-bmw-x3-rear-hatch-adjustment.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78852\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to replace rear hatch glass. Particularly, how do I remove the body part above the glass, so I can get to the glass? Should just pop off if you do not see any screws or retainers. May need to use a stiff flat removal tool(shown below). This will help you to get underneath the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2022\/01\/rear-hatch-glass-2007-bmw-x3\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rear hatch glass 2007 BMW X3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17170,"featured_media":78853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-bmw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}