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1. Open the hood of the car.
2. Inspect the area around the grills. On an older model like the 1988 535is, the kidney grills and side grills are held in place with screws.
3. Use a screwdriver to remove the screws that run along the upper edge of the grills.
4. Pull the grills up and out.
5. On new models like the new 135i, you may have to remove several torx bit screws (shaped liked a star) that hold a piece of bumper trim in the front, upper portion of the engine bay, above the grill.
6. Pull the trim forward enough so that you can look down behind the grills. Locate the clips that hold the grills in place, which will be on the inside portion of the grills.
7. Using a long tool such as a screwdriver, insert it through the grill until you can press on the clips that hold the grill.
8. Pull the grill out gently while pressing on the upper clips.
9. Once the upper clips are loosened and the grill is moving a little at the top, move to the lower clips.
10. Insert the screwdriver and press gently on the clips. Pull the grill out. Repeat for the other grill.
11. Remove the side grills in between the headlights and the kidney grills by unscrewing the screws that hold the side grills on. Some models, like the 135, do not have side grills.
12. Install the new grills in the reverse of removal. Replace the side grills first if they were removed, then gently press in the new kidney grills, pressing gently until they snap into place. On older models, the grill will simply screw back on.

1. Park your BMW X5 in a clean and open area to work with. Once you have moved your car, make sure that the parking brake is engaged and block the rear tires with wheel chokes. This step ensures that your car wont move while you are working underneath your BMW.
2. Open the hood of the BMW X5. Use the 3/8-inch socket wrench and 36 mm socket to open the oil filler element cap and set it aside. Use a towel to clean out the canister that holds the oil filter in your car.
3. Remove the oil cap from your BMWs engine and go underneath your car. There will be two trap doors, and one of the trap doors contains the oil drain plug. Pop open the trap door using a flat head screwdriver to expose the oil drain plug. Refer to your users manual for the correct trap door to open.
4. Unscrew the oil drain plug with the 3/8-inch socket wrench and 17 mm socket. Once you have loosened the plug, place the oil pan underneath the your car and continue to unscrew the plug until all of the oil drains out.
5. Put the crush washer that came with your oil filter kit onto the oil drain plug and screw it back in to a torque spec of 18 ft. lbs. or 25 Nm and close the trap door.
6. Fill the car with 7.5 quarts of full synthetic oil and screw the oil cap back onto your car when you are finished.
7. Replace the old oil filter and o-ring on your oil filler element cap. Use the 3/9 in socket wrench and 36 mm socket and screw the it back in to a torque spec of torque spec of 18 ft lbs or 25 Nm.

1. Open the hood of the car.
2. Inspect the area around the grills. On an older model like the 1988 535is, the kidney grills and side grills are held in place with screws.
3. Use a screwdriver to remove the screws that run along the upper edge of the grills.
4. Pull the grills up and out.
5. On new models like the new 135i, you may have to remove several torx bit screws (shaped liked a star) that hold a piece of bumper trim in the front, upper portion of the engine bay, above the grill.
6. Pull the trim forward enough so that you can look down behind the grills. Locate the clips that hold the grills in place, which will be on the inside portion of the grills.
7. Using a long tool such as a screwdriver, insert it through the grill until you can press on the clips that hold the grill.
8. Pull the grill out gently while pressing on the upper clips.
9. Once the upper clips are loosened and the grill is moving a little at the top, move to the lower clips.
10. Insert the screwdriver and press gently on the clips. Pull the grill out. Repeat for the other grill.
11. Remove the side grills in between the headlights and the kidney grills by unscrewing the screws that hold the side grills on. Some models, like the 135, do not have side grills.
12. Install the new grills in the reverse of removal. Replace the side grills first if they were removed, then gently press in the new kidney grills, pressing gently until they snap into place. On older models, the grill will simply screw back on.