How to Check ur E46 come with rain sensor ??

[leakwoon]

dear all sifus....How to Check ur E46 come with rain sensor ??I guess only 325i come with lo h34r:

 

[E46Fanatic]

There is a big sensor where your rear view mirror is attached to your windscreen (kinda triangle looking thingy). Non rain sensor E46s only have a small round dot where the area is at.

 

[leakwoon]

abit lost...

triagle?

i think mine is a BIGGER than 50 cents coin shape black colour

 

[E46Fanatic]

If its round like a coin, no rain sensor la... The sensor is umm as big as a base of a mug, but is somewhat triangle in shape.

 

[leakwoon]

i think so far i havent seen any b4 on any E46

maybe i didnt pay enuff attention on it

will start to look see look see now

 

[safri]

for CKD specs, only the ultimate batch (lifestyle edition) of 318 has the rain sensor. if yours is a CBU, best is to switch it ON when it's not raining, if nothing happens, then your car has rain sensor.

 

[Hell-BoY]

What is rain sensor for? :huh:

 

[tkew]

The wiper will turn on automatically when it rain, there should be a sensor on the screen to sense the rain.

 

[ace99]

not very useful one la. Sometime dust the sensor also activate, when heavy rain, it wont go fast enough also

gimmick..

the rain sensor windscreen cost more also. e46 rain sensor windscreen should be by Pilkington.

 

[adliz]

changed my 'cracked' windscreen to the one with rain sensor.. any possibility to add that function? programming? wiring? anyone can help me on this?

p/s: price of the windscreen with rain sensor is more expensive, but not by much..

 

[ace99]

should be by 50%, non sensor is

 

[leakwoon]

no idea

me not maha guru

 

[wglee]

Originally posted by E46Fanatic@Mar 24 2006, 03:03 PM
If its round like a coin, no rain sensor la... The sensor is umm as big as a base of a mug, but is somewhat triangle in shape.

It looks like a tombstone in shape.

 

[k3nny]

When it is not raining, put your wiper in the intermittent mode and the speed knob to the fastest.

If the wiper continues to move even though theres no rain, you dont have it.

If it sweeps once and then stops, then you have the rain sensor.

But if you look from outside your car, at the top of your windscreen in the middle, if you have it, you will see it here and u will know you have it if u indeed do have it.

If you dont, yup, you see a round thing the size of a 50c coin..

 

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[graffika]

a replacement rain sensor + windscreen will cost anywhere from 2.3k onwards ..with installation of course.

cbu specs usually comes with it , mine does.

ckd's only the lifestyle