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Ron Piper says:

I did the job today, I gave myself 2 hours after I had all the tools I needed laid out. I ordered the part from BMW about a week ago, I looked at it but I made the mistake of not checking everything out closely. After taking the door panel off, I removed the bolts from the door stop. It was a hard job, very tight and I had to use the T30 bit only with a crescent wrench on the bolts in the door, there was not enough room for ratchet on those bolts, but I did remove them fairly quickly.
I weaseled the old door stop out and got the new one in, it was a bit of a chore. Then came the time consuming bummer, I could not seat the bolts on the door, I tried and tried but that was one of the most difficult positions I have ever worked in, no room , can't really see and hard to get a light in. I wasted over an hour trying, telling myself, come on, you can screw in a couple of bolts.
I finally wised up and reluctantly pulled the door stop back out to see what was causing me so much difficulty. It turned out that there is a plate between the part and the door with holes (not threads) that the bolts go through, this probably for added strength. The plate was not aligned properly, and it would not allow me to thread the bolts into the part, that was the problem. So I got out a hammer and was able to move the plate enough to accept the bolts. Then I had to weasel the door stop back in and was able to get the bolts in and tight.
It ended up taking me about 3 hours, and it was late and cold so I just covered my tools and will put them away tomorrow.
I asked my mechanic about doing the job, he said it would probably take about an hour and a half, and at $140 per hour I decided to do the job myself.
The main thing that I want to stress is, fully examine the part and test the bolts before installing it, I don't want to see anyone else go through what happened to me today.

stevo says:

Thanks! got it done in less than 15! Though, can't say I haven't taken these door panels off 43523 times prior.

JMUDoc says:

I just changed mine – very easy job. Only sticking point was getting the two Torx screws out with very little clearance, but I managed to use a screwdriver T30 bit with a spanner.
Mine had basically exploded, spring had come off its mountings. Door now closes a lot better in addition to actually staying open!

Wally Lindberg says:

You're good!

Oktay Ahmed says:

How many bolts have door stopper ?