This job has been the subject of great debate and is very little fun. A lot of grease, both the car's and from your elbows....

On my 03 I did the boots first, twice.... Then the tension strut bushings went and another rodeo with the hubs ensued. I know every nuance in the grain of of the fender liner material by now :-)

So when my 4.8 needed new wheelbearings I decided not to have to take the hubs out three times. I took the hub carriers completely off the car and put in new wheel bearings, refreshed the CV boots which looked close to failing and changed the bushing and the knuckle joint on the tension strut.

BMW tecks are apparently not up to this job (which I did in my garage at home, recommend you get 12 ton press from HF) and will change the hub and the hub carrier for new ones and not deal with the greasy mess. I didn't ask them but I bet the bill for that together with the strut and the boot must be close to 3k.

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2003 4.4i black ext./black int./black headliner (kid's runabout)
2014 535d X-drive, M package, silver/black interior

Sold but not forgotten:
2009 E70 35d, black ext./black int./black headliner (sold 2021)
2006 4.8iS Le Mans blue/cream int./black headliner, SOLD in 2012 sadly...

Other hardware:
2015 Cayenne S (wife's new DD and definitely wroooommmmm)
2016 Tundra 1794 edition crew cab, luxo hauler
2005 Tundra crew cab, weekend hauler. Sold after 150k very happy miles.