If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re probably eager to take care of most of the service to be achieved on your BMW X6, but some are more challenging than others and require the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to operate on. We would like to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a BMW X6. This procedure is not very challenging and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your BMW X6, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a BMW X6

So let’s start our article content with the front bumper of your BMW X6. To remove it, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your BMW X6 in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more comfortable, we recommend you to put your BMW X6 on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
  • Open the bonnet of your automobile: Would seem 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 X6. Dependant on your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to get this done, 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 from behind your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your BMW X6 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 X6 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 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 employing a carpet or other to prevent 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 X6, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite direction.

How to remove the rear bumper from a BMW X6

And now, regardless if the procedure is quite identical, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your BMW X6. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more info.

  • Start with executing the same first step, that is, lift your BMW X6 and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your BMW X6 without trouble
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your BMW X6 to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less complicated to remove the bumper from your BMW X6.
  • Take off the lower bindings below your BMW X6.
  • Simultaneously, be sure you disconnect 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 X6, follow the same procedure as for the front bumper

Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a BMW X6 whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are pretty much the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.

If you need more tutorials on the BMW X6, go to our BMW X6 category.