If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most likely willing to handle almost all of the work to be achieved on your BMW 5 Series, but some are more complex than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to operate on. We want to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a BMW 5 Series. This process is not very complex and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your BMW 5 Series, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a BMW 5 Series
So let’s start our content page with the front bumper of your BMW 5 Series. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to adhere to in order to disassemble the bumper of your BMW 5 Series in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we encourage you to put your BMW 5 Series on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Seems evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take off the wheel arches: They’re also known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your BMW 5 Series. According to your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to accomplish this, you will just have to use a staple extractor or to do it carefully with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
- Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is behind your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your BMW 5 Series on the sides.
- Unscrew the screws or remove the clips on the upper part of the bumper in the engine bay.
- Now it’s time to go under your BMW 5 Series to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the vehicle, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Be sure you disconnect the connection of the plate lighting and the distance control sensor if you have it.
- Carefully remove the front bumper by first unclipping the sides. If it doesn’t come off, you almost certainly forgot a screw or a clip. Think of employing a carpet or other to avoid that it gets scratched by touching the ground.
That’s it, you’ve seen all the steps of how to remove the front bumper from your BMW 5 Series, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a BMW 5 Series
And to finish, even if the operation is quite equivalent, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your BMW 5 Series. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.
- Start with executing the same first step, that is, lift your BMW 5 Series and remove your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your BMW 5 Series without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your BMW 5 Series to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your BMW 5 Series.
- Take off the lower bindings underneath your BMW 5 Series.
- At the same time, make sure to un plug the rear license plate light and the reverse radar sensors if you are equipped with them.
- Unscrew the top brackets from the top of the trunk.
- Now all you have to do is remove the rear bumper from your BMW 5 Series, adhere to the same technique as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a BMW 5 Series whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are practically the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the BMW 5 Series, do not hesitate to consult our BMW 5 Series category.
