I just did this mod on my '06 325i. As someone else had stated... there is no way in HELL you are getting at that circlip from under the car on ramps. I ended up puttin gthe gear change in reverse... popped the clip off from up top (since I had a new on in the lever kit I didn;t care if I lost it) then used needle nose pliars to put the new clip on the new lever through the balljoint hole. Had I done it this way from the get go... I'd have had it done in less than 30 minutes. I spent too much time putting the car on ramps and removing the lower panel only to find out I'd need to be 8 years old to slide under there.
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