41 00... Workshop Equipment

Minimum workshop equipment requirements in order to ensure the correct and expert performance of body repairs:

The tools listed below must be used .

WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT CHART

	Steel		Aluminum
Tool	Structure	Outer skin	Structure	Outer skin
Bodywork tool assortment	x	x
Aluminum bodywork tool assortment			x	x
Bodywork saw	x	x
Single-handed grinder	x	x	x	x
Welding spot remover	x	x
MAG welding apparatus	x	x
MIG welding apparatus			x (E52 only)
Spot welding apparatus	x	x
Gas welder		x
Straightening system	x		x
Stud welding apparatus			x
Flame coating set			x
Universal riveting tool			x

IMPORTANT: In vehicles from model year 2001, higher-tensile and high-tensile steels are used in certain areas.

It is essential to check whether the spot-welding apparatus used conforms to the technical requirements of the currently recommended welding sets. Should you have any questions, please contact the country-specific Hotline.

The use of technically obsolete equipment may have serious consequences for the structure of the vehicle (e.g. in the event of a crash). In the end, this can result in safety and product liability risks which cannot be calculated.

Use and restrictions:

Definition of Recommendation:

All currently recommended spot welding sets comply with the requirements relating to reliable welding of today's and future BMW Group vehicles. A spot welding unit will loose its recommendation as soon as tests with materials and material combinations designated for future use in BMW Group vehicles return negative results (see Table Group 1 ). All previous application before the withdrawal of the recommendation shall remain unaffected.

BMW RESTRICTIONS CHART

	Device designation	Manufacturer
Group 1 Devices currently no longer recommended	CR500	Car-O-Liner
	Spot9000	Tecna
	ATL 400V	Wielnder&Schill
Group 2 Devices currently recommended (March 2007)	MIDI spot QSVM9000	Celette
	MIDI spot QSVM9000	Elmatech
	CR600	Car-O-Liner
	Multispot MI-100 Control	Elektron

Application options and restrictions of above devices.

RESTRICTIONS DEVICES CHART

Vehicle	Group 1	Group 2
E93	x Except A-pillar, B-pillar, sill	x
E70	x Except B-pillar	x
E64	x Except A-pillar, B-pillar, sill	x

NOTE: (March 2007)

All models not listed can be repaired using the Group 1 and Group 2 devices.