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RE: V8q rear curtain?



Ian wrote:

	>Hey, one of my more intelligent co-workers just got himself a
*nice*
	>dark blue '90 V8q (picked over a nice but overpriced '88 M5,
good
	>choice, eh?). After picking it up, we were doing the fine tooth
comb
	>thing, and neither of us geniuses could figure out how to get
the rear
	>sunshade to retract. The owner's manual doesn't say, which
would lead me
	>to believe it should retract automatically, as soon as you
remove it
	>from the little hooks at the top of the rear window. Well,
remove away,
	>and it just sits there. What were we doing wrong, or is it just
stuck?

I have a 5K, but if this is manually operated sunshade it is prolly the
same part. I had problems retracting it, too. You have to make sure you
hold it exactly horizontally when retracting it. If it is stuck, try
pulling it several times enrgically and it should retract.

					Alex