how to remove kidney grill???

ontopofm · 03-11-2008, 10:16 PM

can anyone show me this? thank you

01stang · 03-11-2008, 10:17 PM

for e92, open hood there's four torx/hex screw in black, unscrew them so u can pull it out a little bit to stick your hand behind the grills, then i think there's 3 on top, 1 on each side, 2 on bottom, black plastic tabs all u do is to push the piece holds them in to slide them out.... you'll know it when u see it!!!

e90AW335i · 03-11-2008, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ontopofm

can anyone show me this? thank you

For e90:

Unscrew torx bolts from the hood to remove top pieces. To take out the actual grill you just PULL....

G/L

normtrum · 03-11-2008, 10:26 PM

There's a diy with pics in the...you guessed it...the "diy section". I think it was picus who did it, if I'm not mistaken.

2 things....you will end up pulling harder then you originally thought, and WEAR GLOVES. There are posts from several members (including me) talking about cutting their hands.

e90AW335i · 03-11-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by normtrum

There's a diy with pics in the...you guessed it...the "diy section". I think it was picus who did it, if I'm not mistaken.

2 things....you will end up pulling harder then you originally thought, and WEAR GLOVES. There are posts from several members (including me) talking about cutting their hands.

Wimp! Just playin...

I didn't use gloves and it popped right out. Then again, my car was 6 hours old when I did mine....

normtrum · 03-11-2008, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by e90AW335i

Wimp! Just playin...

I didn't use gloves and it popped right out. Then again, my car was 6 hours old when I did mine....

Ya I sliced the back of my hand on something...not even sure what it was.

ontopofm · 03-11-2008, 10:57 PM

thanks guys, i just took off the kidney grill to see where i can mount the home-made scoop, running to home-depot right now

asdflkijd · 03-11-2008, 11:16 PM

just pull like your life depended on it... strong fingers FTW

BoostedBMW · 03-11-2008, 11:24 PM

For an E90...

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3830

For an E92...

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47059

I just swapped out the kidneys on my car yesterday, and it was really simple. After removing the few torx screws on top of the bumper just squeeze the middle of the tabs on the inside and pull the grille forward and it will pop out.

jaespark87 · 03-12-2008, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by asdflkijd

just pull like your life depended on it... strong fingers FTW

my fingers hurt like crazy afterwards... even though i was wearing a glove... + i have rough hands haha

ontopofm · 03-12-2008, 12:41 AM

i didnt use gloves, barely fit in there, pics of 2 scoops coming soon, total cost $0.78

normtrum · 03-12-2008, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ontopofm

i didnt use gloves, barely fit in there, pics of scoop coming soon

I would be very interested to see that. Congrats on the grill switch...did you change them to matte black? I tell ya...it was the easiest and least expensive cosmetic mod I did that I got the most out of appearance wise. I went matte black on a black saph...and I even sold my oem grills for ~75 bucks.

ontopofm · 03-12-2008, 01:04 AM

i didn't swap the grills, just wanted to take off the grill to see where i can mount the scoop, scoops are done, 10 min each, total cost $0.78 if you have the tools, nothing fancy but i think it will do with it's supposed to do, direct air to the snorkel, pics will be up tomorrow morning since i dont have the camera with me right now

normtrum · 03-12-2008, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ontopofm

i didn't swap the grills, just wanted to take off the grill to see where i can mount the scoop, scoops are done, 10 min each, total cost $0.78 if you have the tools, nothing fancy but i think it will do with it's supposed to do, direct air to the snorkel, pics will be up tomorrow morning since i dont have the camera with me right now

Ahh...got it. Have you looked to see if anyone sells a scoop? I thought I read somewhere on here that there was one available. If there is I doubt it sells for $0.78!

e90AW335i · 03-12-2008, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by normtrum

Ahh...got it. Have you looked to see if anyone sells a scoop? I thought I read somewhere on here that there was one available. If there is I doubt it sells for $0.78!

I am in the process of making prototypes right now to sell. I am interested in see these pics that he puts up.....

ontopofm · 03-12-2008, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by normtrum

Ahh...got it. Have you looked to see if anyone sells a scoop? I thought I read somewhere on here that there was one available. If there is I doubt it sells for $0.78!

i think only RPI has it made for over $300, it's nice and all with their logo on it, i will put my logo on it too, will make you laugh

ontopofm · 03-12-2008, 09:22 AM

here are the pictures and dimensions of the scoop, im gonna paint it black

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