If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most likely willing to handle the majority of the service to be carried out on your Bmw Serie 3 E92, but some are more complicated than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to work on. We want to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Bmw Serie 3 E92. This operation is not very complicated and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Bmw Serie 3 E92, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Bmw Serie 3 E92

So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Bmw Serie 3 E92. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to stick to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Bmw Serie 3 E92 in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to put your Bmw Serie 3 E92 on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
  • Open the bonnet of your vehicle: Would seem obvious, 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 Serie 3 E92. According to your motor vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to do 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 in back of your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your Bmw Serie 3 E92 on the sides.
  • Unscrew the screws or remove the clips on the upper part of the bumper in the engine compartment.
  • Now it’s time to go beneath your Bmw Serie 3 E92 to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the motor vehicle, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
  • Be sure you unplug 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 quite likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with 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 Serie 3 E92, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite direction.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Bmw Serie 3 E92

And now, even if the process is quite identical, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Bmw Serie 3 E92. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.

  • Start with carrying out the same first stage, that is, lift your Bmw Serie 3 E92 and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Bmw Serie 3 E92 without trouble
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Bmw Serie 3 E92 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 Serie 3 E92.
  • Take away the lower bindings underneath your Bmw Serie 3 E92.
  • Simultaneously, remember 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 Serie 3 E92, stick to the same method as for the front bumper

Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Bmw Serie 3 E92 whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are almost the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.

If you want more tutorials on the Bmw Serie 3 E92, go to our Bmw Serie 3 E92 category.