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    Hi Nick - I've done this on an E36 coupe too and I found that the seals were the same as the rest of the E32, E34 and E36 models.

    The two different part numbers are because the early cars (E34 pre 09/91) have metal door handles and the later ones have plastic door handles. The shape of the outside trim part is exactly the same and they are interchangeable. I think the E32 all have metal and the E36 all have plastic.

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    I have only seen one problem in all the sets I have installed or helped out, and that was when HIe34 mixed the rear seals with the fronts and couldn't get the fronts to clear the lock.

    F'n hilarious


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    iwhen i bought my (1)trim and gasket it was about NZ$40
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blitzkrieg Bob
    I have only seen one problem in all the sets I have installed or helped out, and that was when HIe34 mixed the rear seals with the fronts and couldn't get the fronts to clear the lock.

    F'n hilarious
    That could be an explanation, see the different locations of large and small holes and small holes

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    Quote Originally Posted by shogun
    That could be an explanation, see the different locations of large and small holes and small holes
    That has nothing to do with it, I'm talking about the little tiny peg-hole things(on the plastic/rubber piece), they don't line up with the little tiny pieces that go inside like little retainer pegs(these are on the handle itself).
    They do halfway, but the difference is so minute, if you manage to get half in, the others are just far enough off that they won't fit unless you really bend and then the whole piece sags off the side.
    Heck, it will sag even if they're not in the holes at all.
    Mine were too wide by a centimeter or two.

    I tried them all on various locks, so that couldn't be the case with my car.

    Let me just tell u guys that I got them installed, but the rubber was hanging out a bit and it wasn't snug with the handle. I never stretched them, they were just that much bigger. Barely, but enough to really affect the fit.
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