Replacing lower M Grill on F25

Bambazonke · 10-01-2020, 11:45 PM

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You do not need to remove the bumper to replace the lower grille. Believe me, it is a lot easier to pop the damaged one out and slide/wedge the new one in as described above by StyleBimma.
I have already removed my bumper twice once to to replace the halogen foglights with LED foglights as fitted standard in the F15 X5 and secondly a parking sensor that was dislodged when it took a direct hit from a stone i have already posted a photo of my bumper off from replacing the foglights on this thread.

Were you successful in removing the front bumper and reusing the clips keeping it in place? I possibly have to replace a control module on one of my headlight and with the headlight in place, can't see anything. Would have to remove to get a better look inside. However, I think there are two clips underneath. Not sure how they're mounted if they're fastened through or slide in, but the bumper would have to be removed to get a better look. Woudl rather get a clear understanding of how things go together than break clips.

To pull a headlight you have to at least loosen the bumper, unless there is some way to get at the bottom of the headlight reaching up through the wheel liner. But if you drop the liner it's only a few more bolts to release the bumper.

There's bolts on the side of the kidney grilles, and some connecting the bumper to fender.

The headlight is held in from the bottom with two bolts. I don't have a photo of the bracket but you can zoom in and should see where they connect.

I concur with 6MT_Addict you will have to remove the bumper as there are another 2 bolts like those on top of the head light that will have to be removed before you can take the headlight out. I also don't have a high resolution photo to show the exact location of the bolts

I did manage to punch out 8 of the 10 plastic pins and re use the rivets but I would suggest purchasing a pack of 10 from a dealer they are not expensive

6MT_Addict · 10-02-2020, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mike_MAN

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Originally Posted by Bambazonke

You do not need to remove the bumper to replace the lower grille. Believe me, it is a lot easier to pop the damaged one out and slide/wedge the new one in as described above by StyleBimma.
I have already removed my bumper twice once to to replace the halogen foglights with LED foglights as fitted standard in the F15 X5 and secondly a parking sensor that was dislodged when it took a direct hit from a stone i have already posted a photo of my bumper off from replacing the foglights on this thread.

Were you successful in removing the front bumper and reusing the clips keeping it in place? I possibly have to replace a control module on one of my headlight and with the headlight in place, can't see anything. Would have to remove to get a better look inside. However, I think there are two clips underneath. Not sure how they're mounted if they're fastened through or slide in, but the bumper would have to be removed to get a better look. Woudl rather get a clear understanding of how things go together than break clips.

To pull a headlight you have to at least loosen the bumper, unless there is some way to get at the bottom of the headlight reaching up through the wheel liner. But if you drop the liner it's only a few more bolts to release the bumper.

There's bolts on the side of the kidney grilles, and some connecting the bumper to fender.

The headlight is held in from the bottom with two bolts. I don't have a photo of the bracket but you can zoom in and should see where they connect.

I concur with 6MT_Addict you will have to remove the bumper as there are another 2 bolts like those on top of the head light that will have to be removed before you can take the headlight out. I also don't have a high resolution photo to show the exact location of the bolts

I did manage to punch out 8 of the 10 plastic pins and re use the rivets but I would suggest purchasing a pack of 10 from a dealer they are not expensive

Yeah the rivets are cheap, you can replace with screws if you want too. I replaced all of mine with new screws/retainers from an E chassis vehicle, PN is the same across many BMWs. If you're only doing a handful though it's cheaper to replace rivets, but if you frequently work on parts of the vehicle it may be worth replacing all.

igillott · 02-16-2022, 11:49 PM

Has anyone here replaced stock xline bumpers with M Line, is it just a remove and replace, i.e do they just fit ?

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igillott Registered 0 Rep 3 Posts Drives: BMW X3 Join Date: Feb 2022 Location: Austin iTrader: (0)	Has anyone here replaced stock xline bumpers with M Line, is it just a remove and replace, i.e do they just fit ?
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