Thanks for all the tips. I was able to install from start to finish in about 2.5 hours. It was very straight forward and these tips for removing the fascia were very helpful.

Ranchhand, thanks for the pics. It helped tremendously in my install this weekend. Now to "pay it forward", here are pics of my install and tips for others located in this thread.

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...hitch-e70.html

The bumper was hard to remove the first time.
After releasing the clips you have to really tug at it to get it off.

The thread was very helpful. Thanks to all...

A couple of updates...from my 2010 48 E70

The bumper has two mofe bolts found on mine...they were right where the fender trip overlaps the bumper. Once you have the two pop rivits removed for the fender trim, slightly lift and you will see the one bolt (each side)