DIY: Trunk Spring Replacement BMW F10
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- Опубліковано 1 січ 2020
- Trunk opens too fast, spring broken. This is a do it yourself video on how to do the replacement. Car is a 2011 BMW F10. Used an equivalent spring purchased online.
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Thanks for the video. Easy to follow and the clip part had me stumped till I watched your vid fully lol
Thanks so much for mentioning to remove that mini clip on the joint head. Was wrecking my brain trying to figure out why it didn't immediately snap in. Once removed , it snapped in no issues.
You bet!
The right side passenger trunk tension spring is to smooth open the trunk (avoids hitting ur face), the Left side spring Helps you close the trunk (as you lower the trunk to close it in a normal way, if you let it go or it slips of ur fingers when its down about to close, the trunk will stay there slowly and wont spring up suddenly.
thanks for the video, i bought my spring off ebay and it wasnt a bmw original, i had problems at the rear end i.e. the ball and socket end. the socket end of the spring was slightly different to the original in that it had a small piece of spring steel on one side presumably to make it more secure and stop it popping off when in use. i found it impossible to push the spring onto the ball in situ and was going to give up but noticed that the ball was actually threaded into the bodywork of the car and was quite easy to remove. i used pipe pliers to then clamp the spring socket end and the ball together and it popped in ok, i used grease on the ball and socket and put a spare nut on the thread of the ball to protect the thread.(it would have been much easier with a vice but i dont have one at the minute) , it was then quite easy to install the spring and screw the ball end back into the body and its working fine, cheers derek
Your video has an important tip - to remove the spring clip next to the absorber ball joint end.
Without removing the spring clip, it is next to impossible to fit the absorber onto the ball attachment! I was afraid that hammering the absorber end will either crack the absorber joint or something else. TQ so much.
Same problem on my BMW F10.
Thanks for Video 👍🏼
Glad it helped
I broke my rear window by opening the trunk with a remote, now I am watching the video..:)
Thanks for the video! Anyway is it enough to just change the right one? I've just learned there's also a spring on the left side
For my case, it was enough to fix the issue.
Good video. It's a little tricky getting the old springs off and the new ones on. Note that the driver and passenger side springs are different lengths. The passenger side (right) is about 1/2 longer. Makes a big difference in trying to get these installed.
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for saving me time !
Change both spring on both sides, about $100 total for both BMW original and Lifetime Warranty! - FCPeuro
Lifetime warranty for a spring-absorber? Hmm..
can you post a link to the parts ?
everyone only change the right side why ?
thanks for the vid
At the 9 second time, the part # is stated in there.I got it from Amazon.
To answer your second question, @LaloMan had a comment on below to change both sides, which makes sense.
Yooo when I went to look at mine I thought I broke something 😂
hey do you know where you got that trunk mat?
That was part of the all weather mat bundle when I got the car.
@@nesborne3192 ah its looks nice to stop stuff from slipping. im gonna look on amazon