Help: Upper front bumper emblem removal.
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Help: Upper front bumper emblem removal.
My 2018 E63 has its "hood" emblem mounted on top of the front bumper, which is unusual compared to the other W213 models that keep it on the hood. Does anyone know the correct way to remove it? Is it secured like a standard hood emblem where you access it from underneath, or is it just held on with double-sided tape?
Last edited by anton28; Sep 2, 2025 at 07:02 PM.
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Sorry... you'll see why (it's a process)
https://mbworld.org/forums/w213-amg/...od-emblem.html
1. Pull the three clips off each side of the wheel wells to pull back the plastic.
2. There are two screws inside the wheel well on each side that attach the side of the bumper to the fender, remove those.
3. Open hood, there are 6 torx screws on the front of the bumper that run along the hood line.
4. Remove the rubber weather stripping on the front
5. There is one screw on each side above the headlight that attaches the fender to the bumper.
6. Under the car, you need to remove the front two skid plates, done with a socket wrench, when you get the bolts off, slide the front one forward and the back one back to slide them off the Jack point.
7. There are a bunch of smaller bolts that attach the bumper along the bottom that need removing. Maybe 6-8 or so.
8. After the skid plate is off, there are two big mounting points On the bumper that you have to reach from underneath to get to, think right along the bumper line where the car.
9. Before you pull the bumper all the way off, the right fender has a connector for all the parking sensors and the front of the bumper has the temp sensor that you need to unplug.
(thanks to @aaronpass )
https://mbworld.org/forums/w213-amg/...od-emblem.html
1. Pull the three clips off each side of the wheel wells to pull back the plastic.
2. There are two screws inside the wheel well on each side that attach the side of the bumper to the fender, remove those.
3. Open hood, there are 6 torx screws on the front of the bumper that run along the hood line.
4. Remove the rubber weather stripping on the front
5. There is one screw on each side above the headlight that attaches the fender to the bumper.
6. Under the car, you need to remove the front two skid plates, done with a socket wrench, when you get the bolts off, slide the front one forward and the back one back to slide them off the Jack point.
7. There are a bunch of smaller bolts that attach the bumper along the bottom that need removing. Maybe 6-8 or so.
8. After the skid plate is off, there are two big mounting points On the bumper that you have to reach from underneath to get to, think right along the bumper line where the car.
9. Before you pull the bumper all the way off, the right fender has a connector for all the parking sensors and the front of the bumper has the temp sensor that you need to unplug.
(thanks to @aaronpass )
Last edited by PeterUbers; Sep 2, 2025 at 07:11 PM.
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Sorry... you'll see why (it's a process)
https://mbworld.org/forums/w213-amg/...od-emblem.html
1. Pull the three clips off each side of the wheel wells to pull back the plastic.
2. There are two screws inside the wheel well on each side that attach the side of the bumper to the fender, remove those.
3. Open hood, there are 6 torx screws on the front of the bumper that run along the hood line.
4. Remove the rubber weather stripping on the front
5. There is one screw on each side above the headlight that attaches the fender to the bumper.
6. Under the car, you need to remove the front two skid plates, done with a socket wrench, when you get the bolts off, slide the front one forward and the back one back to slide them off the Jack point.
7. There are a bunch of smaller bolts that attach the bumper along the bottom that need removing. Maybe 6-8 or so.
8. After the skid plate is off, there are two big mounting points On the bumper that you have to reach from underneath to get to, think right along the bumper line where the car.
9. Before you pull the bumper all the way off, the right fender has a connector for all the parking sensors and the front of the bumper has the temp sensor that you need to unplug.
(thanks to @aaronpass )
https://mbworld.org/forums/w213-amg/...od-emblem.html
1. Pull the three clips off each side of the wheel wells to pull back the plastic.
2. There are two screws inside the wheel well on each side that attach the side of the bumper to the fender, remove those.
3. Open hood, there are 6 torx screws on the front of the bumper that run along the hood line.
4. Remove the rubber weather stripping on the front
5. There is one screw on each side above the headlight that attaches the fender to the bumper.
6. Under the car, you need to remove the front two skid plates, done with a socket wrench, when you get the bolts off, slide the front one forward and the back one back to slide them off the Jack point.
7. There are a bunch of smaller bolts that attach the bumper along the bottom that need removing. Maybe 6-8 or so.
8. After the skid plate is off, there are two big mounting points On the bumper that you have to reach from underneath to get to, think right along the bumper line where the car.
9. Before you pull the bumper all the way off, the right fender has a connector for all the parking sensors and the front of the bumper has the temp sensor that you need to unplug.
(thanks to @aaronpass )
"No need to remove the front bumper.
Just pull from 12 o'clock and then 6 o'clock, then repeat, until pins gets slowly pulled from body.
Dont worry about breaking anything. Even if you break the pins, it will just fall through.
No sleeves, grommets or brackets.
i used finger nails. Didnt need any tools at all.
the new one snaps right on."
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Thanks, that link was super helpful, but it looks like you don't have to remove the bumper after all:
"No need to remove the front bumper.
Just pull from 12 o'clock and then 6 o'clock, then repeat, until pins gets slowly pulled from body.
Dont worry about breaking anything. Even if you break the pins, it will just fall through.
No sleeves, grommets or brackets.
i used finger nails. Didnt need any tools at all.
the new one snaps right on."
"No need to remove the front bumper.
Just pull from 12 o'clock and then 6 o'clock, then repeat, until pins gets slowly pulled from body.
Dont worry about breaking anything. Even if you break the pins, it will just fall through.
No sleeves, grommets or brackets.
i used finger nails. Didnt need any tools at all.
the new one snaps right on."
