# BMW guys

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-guys/53581>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [August 20, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-guys/53581 "2008-08-20T17:04:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-guys/53581/1 "2008-08-20T17:04:26Z")

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Anybody have or need a RTAB installer?

if somebody has one id like to borrow it, if not, i will be buying one, and will loan it out

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**Author:** ![almostBrett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/almostbrett/32/5249_2.png) [@almostBrett](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/almostBrett)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-guys/53581/2 "2008-08-20T17:48:54Z")

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im sure speedped79 would love to let you borrow something

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**Author:** ![Boarderx192](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Boarderx192](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boarderx192)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-guys/53581/3 "2008-08-20T22:52:37Z")

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I just the the RTAB on my E36. What a PITA if you dont have the right tools. I fucked with my driver side for 6hrs before I finally got it out. The passneger side was a lot easier once I had some decent tools. I was using a drill and a chisel to get the DS one out. What you should really do (cheap too) is find a sawzall(sp?), drill a hole in the middle of the rubber, stick the blade in and cut the metal sleeve out. Then get a metal blade and cut the metal housing of the RTAB and take it out. Took me 10 mins to do the passenger side using this method and only cost me $4.98 for the blades. Again this method was used on an E36 so I dont know how simillar it is on your E46.

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**Author:** ![mike125k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike125k/32/7282_2.png) [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-guys/53581/4 "2008-08-21T04:48:46Z")

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> [@DrImodium](#):
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> snip…

What he said. If they’re the same style as the E36, i just drilled the center out and cut the steel with a sawzall. For an installation tool, I just made my own out of some pieces of angle iron and a real big C clamp.

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**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-guys/53581/5 "2008-08-21T05:19:34Z")

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they are exactly the same…