How to Remove BMW Grilles The Right Way!

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How to Remove BMW Grilles The Right Way!
In this video I show you how to Remove the BMW OEM grille and install black kidney grilles in your BMW the right way. Using this method to install and remove the kidney grilles will ensure you don't break any tabs and can swap the OEM grilles back in if you need to.
The F chasis of BMWs have the grills as part of the front bumper. Older BMWs would sometimes have them as part of the hood which made the installation of black kidney grills much easier. For BMW's where the grille is part of the front bumper like this F22 M235i, you will need to first loosen up the top of the bumper. This will give you access to the back side of the bumper. Once you have access to the back side of the bumper you can start loosening the clips that hold the oem kidney grilles in and remove them. Once the oem kidney grilles are removed, you can easily install your M performance or other aftermarket black kidney grilles into the bumper. Changing the kidney grilles of a bmw is very easy when you do it the right way as I show in this video.
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  • @bogomilpushev3862
    @bogomilpushev38623 ай бұрын

    Just received them, about to put them on my 118 now. That's the first video that i found that actually shows the locking mechanism of the plastic and how to press it. Jeez, Thank you for this. I really did watch around 20 videos till now and every1 is just saying "Press them out" leaving us to guess how. T30 in hand im going downstairs now, thanks again!

  • @ivanhalachev1783
    @ivanhalachev17832 жыл бұрын

    Amazing explanation,clear and understanding…well done!!!

  • @bjornaxel5654
    @bjornaxel56542 жыл бұрын

    Very clear, thanks for voice over and description !! Great

  • @bwabwe1
    @bwabwe14 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, worked just as you described it 👍

  • @TinCanSailor
    @TinCanSailor2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the demonstration this help a lot.

  • @GoNutsButch
    @GoNutsButch6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the heads up! both went in like a breeze, thank you!!!

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    6 жыл бұрын

    No problem, Glad it helped!

  • @andrewholmes366
    @andrewholmes3666 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for the video - I’d class myself as a novice at doing things like this - took me about 35 minutes from start to finish (taking my time). Was thinking of getting it done at my local bmw body shop - they quoted me 2 hours labour + 20% VAT. Thought I’d have ago myself after watching this - very glad I did - a lot easier than I thought it would be. Thanks again!

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Glad it was straight forward enough for you to follow and save some money by doing it yourself.

  • @12tribes61

    @12tribes61

    6 жыл бұрын

    2 hours labour for 5 min job

  • @toddbusch1388

    @toddbusch1388

    11 ай бұрын

    Shops are robbing people. 2hrs labor WTF???? And VAT WOW. No wonder BMW shops are sitting empty lately

  • @sampearson6894
    @sampearson6894 Жыл бұрын

    Just got mine fitted they’re a bit loose on the bottom right on the left side grille any suggestion on how to solve it

  • @scotnicos5383
    @scotnicos53832 жыл бұрын

    Just followed this and worked great, a bit of a fight with the first one, but after that it's easy!

  • @magnum_8276
    @magnum_82762 жыл бұрын

    Cant get the bottom ones

  • @Baris1Eris
    @Baris1Eris6 жыл бұрын

    Great video -- two questions: I have the night vision option and thus left grill has that camera, any suggestions/pointers on how to do the replacement with NV camera in there? Second question, I noticed that you plugged the licence plate screw holes with alpine white colored screws of sorts, where did you get those? Thank you.

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think the night vision camera is part of the grill so you'll have to find specific black grills that include the camera housing. What model do you have? The bumper plugs you can get from Bumperplugs.com, they look much better than the ugly holes left by front plate brackets.

  • @Baris1Eris

    @Baris1Eris

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the link. I have 2014 535i M-sport. Internet search didn't result in a proper solution yet. Still looking around.

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'd try this site, looks like it may be what you are looking for. ind-distribution.com/product?sku=IND-F10-FG

  • @deanmorgan7011
    @deanmorgan70119 ай бұрын

    Well i cant even bend the clips, do i bend them in or out,

  • @robertpurvis6106
    @robertpurvis61064 жыл бұрын

    isn't the bottom mesh flat black? iv'e been going back and forth gloss/matte. then their is carbon for 100 doll hairs more. with the price of the carbon lip and the carbon diffuser i want i might just take them out and plastic dip them. lol. now you got me wanting double slats. grrrr!

  • @darrenwindsor91
    @darrenwindsor913 жыл бұрын

    Did you do a active grille delete at some point? If so has it had any effect on the car? I want to be able to see my cross brace and radiator behind the grille

  • @audunjemtland8287
    @audunjemtland82875 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. Thanks. Have you seen these in mesh?

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have not, only in the single slat or dual slat designs

  • @12tribes61
    @12tribes616 жыл бұрын

    Camera angle didn’t even show what u did

  • @ichoozjc

    @ichoozjc

    3 жыл бұрын

    He needs to watch...How to record a video, the right way.

  • @12tribes61

    @12tribes61

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chris E 😆

  • @harrysmith1986
    @harrysmith198610 ай бұрын

    My bumper when bolts all removed is still to tight to get my hand down, like somthing is gripping it, no where near a loose as yours.

  • @mezmooriizegaming4706

    @mezmooriizegaming4706

    2 ай бұрын

    I have the same issue, did you ever manage to do it?

  • @harrysmith1986

    @harrysmith1986

    2 ай бұрын

    @@mezmooriizegaming4706 yes after several attempts managed to get the bugger off.

  • @impairsosa2663
    @impairsosa2663 Жыл бұрын

    how far can you pull the bumper? my arms ain't as thin as yours i think!

  • @bahamohammad2501
    @bahamohammad25012 жыл бұрын

    How do you remove the grill that has night vision

  • @garysides636
    @garysides636 Жыл бұрын

    Great video but my hands and forearms just aren't this method ...just left with sweeping my knuckle and wrist skin off the floor ...I have no doubt it works I'll just need to get someone with smaller hands ...

  • @sleepyboi3695
    @sleepyboi36952 жыл бұрын

    I’m having trouble getting the side tabs out

  • @gurvindersingh1321
    @gurvindersingh13212 жыл бұрын

    Hi how much is this and where u from buy this plz

  • @russellwarwick
    @russellwarwick4 жыл бұрын

    On newer models you’ll have this like black foam that hides the clips. Just done on my 2018 220i. Thought they’d removed the clips or something for my model 😅

  • @AintHere4You

    @AintHere4You

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bro how did i access the bottom ones? I tried and couldnt do it. Feels that I need some tools

  • @philipdolan6493
    @philipdolan64936 жыл бұрын

    you dont need to do all that - the tabs can be reached through the slats simply with your fingers. I did it last week, took about 3 minutes all in.

  • @crispcarguru303

    @crispcarguru303

    6 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering if it could be done this way.

  • @FOT2010

    @FOT2010

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lol yeah. This is the "right way" .

  • @davidli2542

    @davidli2542

    4 жыл бұрын

    Could you make a video about how you did?

  • @yeahright2449

    @yeahright2449

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not if you have big hands

  • @mikegrant814

    @mikegrant814

    4 жыл бұрын

    You must got baby hands because my hands don’t fit

  • @fmonk
    @fmonk6 жыл бұрын

    "star bits" = Torx

  • @KEV19019
    @KEV190192 жыл бұрын

    I'm trying this for over an hour now. How did you remove it in a minute😂 the bottom ones just don't work

  • @SebbyQQs
    @SebbyQQs6 жыл бұрын

    You're making me want a bmw as a daily LOL

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    6 жыл бұрын

    Seb, I mean, it's not a bad idea lol

  • @amylaurenhepworth9379
    @amylaurenhepworth93792 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Sadly the bumper on my f22 is nowhere near that flexible so really struggling to get the bumper off enough for access 😢

  • @MrAlwaysKarmaYT

    @MrAlwaysKarmaYT

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here....

  • @MariaHernandez-hz9md

    @MariaHernandez-hz9md

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mw to

  • @Cruxair

    @Cruxair

    2 жыл бұрын

    The bottom part is very hard to release

  • @hurpaderpp
    @hurpaderpp2 жыл бұрын

    where did you get the license plate hole screw cap things

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    2 жыл бұрын

    They are from BumperPlugs, expensive for what they are but look good and last

  • @hurpaderpp

    @hurpaderpp

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TunerTestDrive cool yeah those do look good. I ended up just ordering a euro plate cause carvana put 4 holes in my bumper lmao

  • @RichardGonzalez-mo8oe
    @RichardGonzalez-mo8oe6 жыл бұрын

    Where did you get the black grills?

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    6 жыл бұрын

    jbspeed.com, they were $115.

  • @RichardGonzalez-mo8oe

    @RichardGonzalez-mo8oe

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tuner Test Drive Thanks!!

  • @darkconfessions2.249

    @darkconfessions2.249

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ricardo Gonzalez They also have them on Amazon and other sites for less than $50, just ordered some.

  • @dickb2128
    @dickb21285 жыл бұрын

    I have tried to remove the OEM grills four times and still have not succeeded. I can't seem to push the tabs down far enough. I have even tried a long screwdriver pushing as hard as I can on a tab and it wouldn't move. Any suggestions? I've got the new all black grills sitting on my bench. Tomorrow I'll try to reach the tabs through the slats. I have pretty small hands and because of that I originally thought I'd have no problem getting the OEM grills out. No such luck. Thanks for any suggestions.

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    5 жыл бұрын

    The key I’ve found was to make sure you are pulling out on the grill while your other hand is on the inside pushing the tabs down. It can help if you have another set of hands to do that part while you work on the tabs. If you don’t care to save the OEM grill you can always cut out some slats to gain access to the tabs through the grill instead of going behind the bumper.

  • @SE16Proud
    @SE16Proud2 жыл бұрын

    My hands must be oversized impossible to get in or anywhere near the grills i gave up they look ok in the boot....

  • @deanmorgan7011

    @deanmorgan7011

    9 ай бұрын

    Same here, cut the fins off the grill if your not keeping it, ypu can get your hands in no problem

  • @eddiexiang3606
    @eddiexiang36066 жыл бұрын

    Any chance you could bend the bumper?

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    6 жыл бұрын

    Do you mean permanently? The bumper plastic is very flexible so bending it up to access the grill isn't an issue.

  • @TuddecBMW
    @TuddecBMW Жыл бұрын

    Dealer wants to charge me more for the install than the parts themselves, which is ridiculous. I'm doing this myself. Even if it takes half an hour for an idiot like me, it's a 5-minute job for an experienced mechanic with a fully equipped workshop. Hope it won't be too hard, the only thing that scares me is getting those clips on the first one but we'll see, how hard can it be?

  • @TAR-me3yv
    @TAR-me3yv2 жыл бұрын

    THIS MUSIC IS FUCK!$ EPIC!!

  • @Vincent28281
    @Vincent28281 Жыл бұрын

    You can remove it, with no need to remove any screws. Just use the fingers to bent the tabs

  • @abmpsu
    @abmpsu5 жыл бұрын

    Ummmm, I don't usually do negative, but this was bad.

  • @CharlesChristena
    @CharlesChristena5 ай бұрын

    This is infinitely harder on the 1piece LCI M2. fuck my life.

  • @Fritzje98

    @Fritzje98

    5 ай бұрын

    how did you do it? want to do it on my lci m2 aswell. i might cut it cuz i dont want the chrome ones anymore anyways

  • @GALINI2019
    @GALINI20195 жыл бұрын

    Can you tell me where your white front bumper vacant license plate caps are from? thanks.

  • @TunerTestDrive

    @TunerTestDrive

    5 жыл бұрын

    They are from Bumperplugs.com . There’s a video on channel showing how to install them. Expensive for what they are but look much better than the open holes.

  • @GALINI2019

    @GALINI2019

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TunerTestDrive Thanks a million.

  • @toddbusch1388
    @toddbusch138811 ай бұрын

    If you don't want the old grills, just smash that shit so you can reach in comfortably. I had mine in under 3 minutes in and secure. Good video though.

  • @sumomassaquoi5212
    @sumomassaquoi52122 жыл бұрын

    I just yanked mine out. It wasn’t like I was gonna use them again anyways

  • @killaforniak621
    @killaforniak6217 күн бұрын

    Just cut the bars off the old grills since you gonna throw them away anyways!!! Smh then reach ya entire hand in there

  • @damonefranklin8422
    @damonefranklin84223 жыл бұрын

    TERRIBLE CAMERA ANGLE! WTF!

  • @dannytrans7968
    @dannytrans79683 жыл бұрын

    With those black kidney you got at list 15 hp extra then stock ones 😅

  • @BenDover-rt8ou
    @BenDover-rt8ou2 жыл бұрын

    Buddy you just clip them on and off😂 wydddddd

  • @user-kh9nd9iv2t

    @user-kh9nd9iv2t

    Жыл бұрын

    You can’t pull them off because of the clip design, you have to push the clip down and pull which can’t be done from the outside.

  • @1968stewart
    @1968stewart5 жыл бұрын

    Well that was a complete waste of time.

  • @thundergun100
    @thundergun1005 жыл бұрын

    Lol this didnt work thanks for nothing

  • @dadlifegarage2292

    @dadlifegarage2292

    2 жыл бұрын

    Seemed to work for him

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