Tow bat E61 LCI
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Tow bat E61 LCI
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Spent a day putting on a detachable tow bar last weekend. Pretty easy to be honest to do yourself. I didn't buy the rear splitter pre cut i done it myself any to be fair its not a bad job.
To take the rear bumper off there are
4 x 8mm bolts around the wheel arch in both arches
just under the bottom bolt there is a removable rivet (these gave me some jip so i pulled the plastic part off the bottom and pushed it up through so i could use them again.
if you open the boot there are two plastic caps on each bottom side in the corners. pop these off and there is a bolt there.
underneath i believe there are three more of those removable rivets i did the same with all of these
Thats is the bumper needs a little persuasion but it comes off.
The electrics are a bit of a pain i only bought the universal bit for 20 quid rather than 150 for the bmws specific.
i have all the wire colours ect if you need them i could post them. took some time fluking them....
Spent a day putting on a detachable tow bar last weekend. Pretty easy to be honest to do yourself. I didn't buy the rear splitter pre cut i done it myself any to be fair its not a bad job.
To take the rear bumper off there are
4 x 8mm bolts around the wheel arch in both arches
just under the bottom bolt there is a removable rivet (these gave me some jip so i pulled the plastic part off the bottom and pushed it up through so i could use them again.
if you open the boot there are two plastic caps on each bottom side in the corners. pop these off and there is a bolt there.
underneath i believe there are three more of those removable rivets i did the same with all of these
Thats is the bumper needs a little persuasion but it comes off.
The electrics are a bit of a pain i only bought the universal bit for 20 quid rather than 150 for the bmws specific.
i have all the wire colours ect if you need them i could post them. took some time fluking them....
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My Ride: 2008 BMW 535XiT Sport Wagon
Anyone try the e70 X5 wiring harness package, seems like the parts would carry over.
https://www.getbmwparts.com/partloca...catalogid=4462
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