How to install a BMW Performance Black Grilles

leica.chang August 26, 2010 BMW 5 Series, BMW Models, BMW News 2 Comments 223 Views

Feeling a bit adventurous and interested in modding your car? There are a lot of aesthetic upgrades, performance parts, and upgraded interiors to choose from. The BMW Performance Aerodynamics Kit released two years ago includes a BMW kidney grille in black high-gloss look. If you want to change your grilles and don’t know how, here’s a step by step process on how to install it on a new BMW 5 Series in 20 minutes using a Torx-20 screwdriver:

1. Remove rubber strip in the center on the hood right in front of inside bumper.

2. Two hex bolts will be exposed underneath.
3. Start removing the 6 hex bolts using the Torx-20 screwdriver. The 2 in the center is straight forward but the two right on top of each headlight has a cover the needs to be removed first.
4. There’s two clips/locks holding the cover in place. Pull the center pin up using your fingers.
5. Repeat process on other side
6. Once all screws are removed you’ll need to pull the center of the front bumper forward to remove chrome grilles. There’s nine clips holding it to the bumper. With one hand just pull the grill out on the portion of the grill where you are pushing the clip down with your other hand.

7. Once both grilles are removed you’ll see this.
8. Now install BMW Performance Grilles.
9. Side by side comparison.
10. Time to put everything back. The two hex bolts on top of the headlights need to be put on first before the clips/lock pins.
11. Then place the clip/lock pin in and press down then put lock pin in to secure.

12. The center piece removed in the beginning need to snap back in.
Here are extra instructions on how to paint the silver trim near the fog lights. 1. All you have to do to remove the mesh is take two fingers and pull forward on each corner to remove the mesh.
2. Unclip the three parts holding the trim to the mesh.

3. Paint trim with matte black or gloss spray paint. Your choice. Then reverse process and install.
4. Here’s the completed look.

Source: Lacster of 5post

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2 comments

  1. prodriverex
    August 26, 2010 at 10:24 am

    The lower grill of the E60 M-Sport is so much tougher! And for the kidney grill, need to remove more bolts too..

  2. Johnathan Pender
    December 3, 2010 at 8:17 am

    I am always searching online for posts that can benefit me. Thanks!

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