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Just to update this thread, I had my local indy mechanic take a look at this issue and ultimately replace both spindle drives.
I did not have the free time or warm space (garage) for me to work on this any further and it was getting annoying to have to lift up/down every time.
My indy stated after testing, one spindle drive was bad and I could probably just replace that one, but the other one could go at any time as it has probably been taking the brunt of the work. So we decided to replace both at once in an effort to fix this hopefully for a very long time.
Parts were:
Lift Cylinder - BMW (51-24-7-298-984) aka spindle drive RIGHT
Lift Cylinder - BMW (51-24-7-298-983) aka spindle drive LEFT
Lift Gate Weather-Strip -(51-76-7-372-189) trunk lid seal
All in it was approximately $1000 to repair ($700 parts and $300 labor). I was not charged for the weatherstripping as it was damaged during the repair and they replaced it at their cost.
I'm happy again the car functions like it is supposed to, but not super happy about the hit to my wallet.
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