I have a friend with an E46 coupe, and the inner panel of the moonroof is broken.
NORMALLY The liner can be pushed by hand to expose the glass roof panel, OR the liner will move on its own to accomodate the Tilt Feature of the glass roof.
In my friend's car, the liner can be taken out of the car when the roof is tilted, and it MUST be moved by hand for any movment (other than full opening of the glass roof). The liner does not move for the Tilt, nor does it move for Close if the roof is open.
MY QUESTION Somebody here posted a link to service the mechanism to the E36 roof, I used this link to service my own car and the results were excellent. Is there a link to do the service for the E46's roof?
It appears that the glass roof comes out by removing 3 torx screws along each side, but before I set about working on a car-not-my-own, I thought it would be nice to confirm my observations.