If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re probably willing to handle the vast majority of the maintenance to be completed on your BMW X3, but some are more difficult than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to operate on. We want to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a BMW X3. This procedure is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few tools. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your BMW X3, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a BMW X3

So let’s begin our article with the front bumper of your BMW X3. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your BMW X3 in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more comfortable, we suggest you to lift your BMW X3 and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
  • Open the bonnet of your automobile: 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 described as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your BMW X3. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to get this done, you will just have to use a staple extractor or to do it gently 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 X3 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 under your BMW X3 to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the car, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
  • Make sure to 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 quite likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of using 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 X3, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite direction.

How to remove the rear bumper from a BMW X3

And to conclude, whether or not the process is quite identical, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your BMW X3. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more info.

  • Start with undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your BMW X3 and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your BMW X3 serenely
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your BMW X3 to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your BMW X3.
  • Take off the lower bindings underneath your BMW X3.
  • Simultaneously, be sure you 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 X3, follow the same operation as for the front bumper

Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a BMW X3 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.

To discover more tips on the BMW X3, take a look at the BMW X3 category.