Rear Sunshade

[Scott H]

not an option on US cars, but I just stuck one in the M5...

I had always wanted to throw one of these on my old 89 535 sedan. Now
that I have the blk/blk M5, I have more of a need to keep the sun from
beating directly on the seat backs. Non-US parcel shelves do not have
the 3rd brake light molded in the package tray, so I had to scavenge
the sunshade from a Euro shelf and cut the opening in my parcel shelf.
The thing needed to be recovered to begin with, so I went to town. $75
to have the shelf covered in a nice material that was a bit thicker
than stock material. There is one area that did not turn out perfect,
but overall I cannot complain. Although the original material was
anthracite, I figured that would only fade again. Since my black
interior is an early build, my carpet, headliner, a-b-c pillars are
actually gray. I went for the match with this fabric color choice.

http://www.hersted.org/M5%20sunshade/

[liquidtiger720]

Very Gosh Darn NICE.

[Bill R.]

power shade?

not an option on US cars, but I just stuck one in the M5...

I had always wanted to throw one of these on my old 89 535 sedan. Now
that I have the blk/blk M5, I have more of a need to keep the sun from
beating directly on the seat backs. Non-US parcel shelves do not have
the 3rd brake light molded in the package tray, so I had to scavenge
the sunshade from a Euro shelf and cut the opening in my parcel shelf.
The thing needed to be recovered to begin with, so I went to town. $75
to have the shelf covered in a nice material that was a bit thicker
than stock material. There is one area that did not turn out perfect,
but overall I cannot complain. Although the original material was
anthracite, I figured that would only fade again. Since my black
interior is an early build, my carpet, headliner, a-b-c pillars are
actually gray. I went for the match with this fabric color choice.

http://www.hersted.org/M5%20sunshade/

[Scott H]

I guess it's a cheap M5

Didn't want to hassle with that one yet....baby steps. Plus, with the manual shade the car only weighs 3,802 lbs instead of 3,808 as it would if I located an electric one.

power shade?

[Bill R.]

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I guess it's a cheap M5

Didn't want to hassle with that one yet....baby steps. Plus, with the manual shade the car only weighs 3,802 lbs instead of 3,808 as it would if I located an electric one.

[Scott H]

I have the euro shelf sitting around still which was a suitable template for the cutout I needed to make....

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[Kalevera]

Hah! I was about to ask the same question as Bill did. Seems like most euro cars have the rear manual shade. Apparently, though, the hot item to find is the rear passenger window shades. I've mucked with them on a few cars and they're a bit of a pain, as they're fastened in place with unique (and small) speed nuts that tend to fall out and disappear. Those stitched all leather door panels are pretty awesome, though -- no more shrinking vinyl, either. I highly recommend.

I gave up trying to mod the E32 rear power shade last fall. Too much of a hassle. Then my handiwork got sold to a coupla local kids on my day off (hahaha). Still hunting around for that perfect E34 unit. Even kept my old parcel shelf to cut for when I do find the shade (notice how early vs late cars use different backing material?). I did run the harness, though. So once I find that sucker, we'll be all set to go.

What kind of fasteners did you use? Glue on the original screws or ?



Slick.


best, whit

[Scott H]

there aren't really any. The shade box clips in to the opening and then the trim pieces tidy up the ends. It took a few tries to get the opening right as I did not want to open it up so much that the shade fit loosly. Once the fabric was on I had to open it up a bit more to allow room for the thicker fabric to fit snugly under the frame for the shade.

I used to be interested in those rear door shades as well, but if one breaks, it becomes exponentially more difficult to find/fix.....I figure the next best alternative is this, which I plan to do to the M5 at some point. It's uber sharp.

http://www.huperoptikusa.com/products_ceramic.cfm

Hah! I was about to ask the same question as Bill did. Seems like most euro cars have the rear manual shade. Apparently, though, the hot item to find is the rear passenger window shades. I've mucked with them on a few cars and they're a bit of a pain, as they're fastened in place with unique (and small) speed nuts that tend to fall out and disappear. Those stitched all leather door panels are pretty awesome, though -- no more shrinking vinyl, either. I highly recommend.

I gave up trying to mod the E32 rear power shade last fall. Too much of a hassle. Then my handiwork got sold to a coupla local kids on my day off (hahaha). Still hunting around for that perfect E34 unit. Even kept my old parcel shelf to cut for when I do find the shade (notice how early vs late cars use different backing material?). I did run the harness, though. So once I find that sucker, we'll be all set to go.

What kind of fasteners did you use? Glue on the original screws or ?



Slick.


best, whit

[bimmerd00d]

Glad i could help.

[Scott H]

1) you told me the shelf was US AND that it was black. neither turned out to be true.

2) the Nak CD-400 I bought from you is not working properly

thanks for the help

Glad i could help.