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Old 06-09-2014, 06:04 PM
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Would anyone happen to know if the OEM bumper cover insert piece is really needed? I pulled the OEM hitch setup from a junkyard X5 and I forgot to grab the bumper support piece (the piece that goes inside the bumper cover). Would it be feasible to modify the standard one to make it work? The pictures don't quite show or explain why it's needed. I hope I didn't grab all that stuff for nothing!
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Would anyone happen to know if the OEM bumper cover insert piece is really needed? I pulled the OEM hitch setup from a junkyard X5 and I forgot to grab the bumper support piece (the piece that goes inside the bumper cover). Would it be feasible to modify the standard one to make it work? The pictures don't quite show or explain why it's needed. I hope I didn't grab all that stuff for nothing!

It is totally different. You will never get the bumper back on without the hitch part.
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Would anyone happen to know if the OEM bumper cover insert piece is really needed? I pulled the OEM hitch setup from a junkyard X5 and I forgot to grab the bumper support piece (the piece that goes inside the bumper cover). Would it be feasible to modify the standard one to make it work? The pictures don't quite show or explain why it's needed. I hope I didn't grab all that stuff for nothing!
See my note on your other email, and look to the start of this thread for the .pdf of official installation instructions [and good how to pix]
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