These will come with everything you need to install. We pulled them off his X5 and purchasing a new set of rivets and mounting hardware. You will not have to purchase anything else from BMW.
It comes with:
2 aluminum running boards
2 front fender trim replacements
2 rear fender trim replacements
2 trim pieces to cover the bolts on top
2 trim pieces to cover the bottom of the boards
all mounting hardware
As far as tools go...You need:
Plastic Rivet Gun from NAPA
Something like a hole punch to revmove the existing rivits
13mm socket with extension
pliers to remove the old riviets after you punch the pins out
It takes me about an hour to do both sides.
And no...I am not taking them off my X5...I purchased 2 sets...one for me and one for my buddy across the street. He did not like them on his X5...We pulled them off less than a day after being installed. Two pieces of the trim were scratched during shipment...these have been ordered and I expect to recieve the new ones by Wednesday or Thursday.
This a picture of my X5 with the running boards installed.
Philip