nZtiZia wrote

someone purchased that trim off me and said it was really easy, like 15-20 minutes easy, but no details as to how. i don't remember his handle, unfortunately

John925 wrote

Any updates on the install? I need to replace mine as well.

Vyper340 wrote

Bumper removal necessary?

jasont313 wrote

Does anyone have experience replacing the black trim piece on the front bumper? This piece is typically where dealer-installed front license plate brackets are mounted. Here's a link to the part for context:

https://www.bmwpartshub.com/oem-parts/bmw-front-trim-51118099662?c=bD0xJm49U2VhcmNoIFJlc3VsdHMmYT1ibXcmbz14NSZ5PTIwMTkmdD14ZHJpdmU0MGkmZT0zLTBsLWw2LWdhcw%3D%3D

I'm wondering if the piece will pop off cleanly using pry tools and some patience or if you need to remove the bumper in order to remove/replace it. Any help or words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

gray_speedster wrote

You have to take the bumper off and work your way to that piece. Like the posters said above, a few hours work. I would start by looking up steps to take the bumper off. Once it’s off, you can see what needs to come off to access that piece.

dnachmerp wrote

But if it’s just clips then why take out the entire bumper? The other poster said 15-20 mins to do.
Hoping someone here already did this and let us know. Thanks

BzsBimmer wrote

I recently did this and the bumper doesn’t need to be removed.

BMW003E wrote

I’d love to know how. There are some solid tabs on the right and left side of the trim piece that look like they can only be accessed from the inside of the bumper (I.e., looks like the bumper has to be removed). Any description of the process would be very helpful.

BzsBimmer wrote

I thought so as well but those tabs are not connected to anything.

I’ll need to sketch something up.

BzsBimmer wrote

I thought so as well but those tabs are not connected to anything.

I’ll need to sketch something up.