garehaan

I mounted the front bumper and the sideskirts. It took 2 people and 3 hours of work.
Like said before it can be done yourself if you have some experience in things like this, furthermore i can agree that the manual is not much help. If you do it be sure not to do it alone.
Basically the front bumper installment means:

Unmounting the old one

Mount the new radiator air duct

Mount the new bumper spacers on the inner bumper (new one comes forward bit more) it uses the uses from the old one.

Take of enforcements

Rebuild the new bumper by placing the enforcements from the old one, pdc sensors, foglights, lower grill, headlight washers, towhook cover.

Cut of the inner mudguard like pictured in the manual.

Mount new bumper and be carefull not to scratch anything.

And for me the most horrible part was mounting the licence plate, it just ruins your beautiful shaped and designed bumper

I also did the sideskirts which basically means unscrew pull off (needs some force and be sure to have rear door opened) click back and fasten.

So, in fact this sounds simple! But again, if you do not have experience in technical stuff like this: go to your dealer.

E60Speed

Looks Great

Thanks for the pics

Hobi

Fantastic! Isn't amazing how much dirt gets into places..?

BTW, if that's the garage to your house, then please can I have one too ???

garehaan

I did notice the dirt coming out of the....mudguards.... They seem to do a good job of keeping the mud away from visible part of the car.

It is my garage, but it is not attached to my house

the88saint

Maybe i should have a bodyshop install them for me, looks like some cutting/drilling is involved.

garehaan

I'm not trying to talk you out of it, don't get me wrong!
It can be done by yourself with the right tools and a bridge to put the car on and a lot of patience if you're not into bodywork.
If you don't feel confident why not go to your dealer?
They know the car and the parts, if anything goes wrong you hold them responsible.

the88saint

I'm not sure how much the dealer with charge for it, i didn't purchase the body kit from them.

Don Juan

any pictures or how to do the rear and sides?

rodybmw

When I was doing mine I started with the front and tried to take some pictures, but it was taking too long and I was running out of time so I stopped taking pictures. For this reason I don't have any pictures of the sides and rear. I would say just use the main installation instructions document that was posted above (I think post #5), and then have one of the members with TIS access get you all the referenced TIS docs too.

Trey

My dealer quoted me about $650 for paint and install for the front bumper only. Taking it to the shop that does the work for my dealer directly would save me about $130. I took it to a major chain body shop and got the paint done for $150. I'll be attempting the install myself (and a few friends) in the coming weeks.