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If you're swapping seats round or retrofitting, then you will want to keep electric movement functions and may even want to retain the h...

Here is a great diagram someone (not me) has made to show the front timing marks for the M20 engine series. Handy.  M40 engine timing marks ...

The 318i Touring was up for MOT this week and failed only on the O/S front anti roll-bar link. Normally I would replace these as a pair, whi...

 If you get 'Front Foglight Failure' coming up then it's likely a bulb has blown, but I believe it is a common problem on the F1...

Another great chart of BMW front-end outlines detailing almost every model, or at least every major model release, right from the word go......

E46 failed its MOT on the O/S rear tyre and O2 emissions too high. I duly replaced both rear tyres with a new pair sourced through work for ...

** If you are removing / replacing only one side headlight, then it is possible to loosen the bumper on the corresponding side and peel it b...

*Rear Strut-assembly Replacement Guide here -  https://www.beemerlab.org/2020/12/f10-rear-shock-absorber-strut-spring.html * My front shocks...

Managed to find the right pre-2013 front seats on eBay to replace the incorrect fit ones [ https://beemerlab.blogspot.com/2017/05/f10-530d-b...

With all but one job complete on the 5 Series I decided to treat the car to a new bonnet badge, since the last one has become severely de-la...

With all the mechanical work on the E60 of late I would normally have relished a bit of body work to change the pace but, as the damage occu...

Oh dear, some more bodywork already. Simo at work is not the world's most careful drive and yesterday he decided to park his Transit van...

It's good to get the purple 330ci Clubsport on the pages of BeemerLab and a bit of bodywork, no less. The driver's side wing was a b...

**The turbo needs to be removed. Reaching the 8mm nuts at the back of the volute is impossible               with it in situ. Mark a line...

Despite how it looks, you can't replace them with the bumper on. This is best done while the whole front bumper is off the car, but thes...

As my bumper didn't come with the cover-caps or hinges, I had to source them separately. I got the headlight-washer hinges directly from...

1. Bumper Removal: 1.1 Remove the bolt holding either corner of the bumper, just inside the wheel-arch, using a 10mm wrench. The edge...