After both bolts and nuts have been removed, undo the side mounted bracket 2.

remove the back seat's lower cushion; cover the area with a cloth, blanket,etc.

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lift car remove rear wheels support trailing arm disconnect shock from trailing arm support crossmember remove nut at bottom of bushing remove 2 socket head bolts that hold lower bushing plate (they are located just forward of the rear jacking point).

BMW e30 rear subframe bushing removel and install. Dec 27, Drill/cut the rubber enough to get a sawzall in and cut from the center outward until you're through the outer layer. 2 cuts like that and I was able to just hammer them out with an air chisel easily. Didn't have to drop anything out of the car. I installed condor delrin bushings though, OE bushings might be a pain to press in.

Dec 31, With the driveshaft off, dropping the entire rear suspension assembly is pretty straightforward - unbolt the shocks from the trailing arms, disconnect the appropriate brake line(s), use a jack or two and some boards carefully positioned to support everything, and the entire rear subframe/trailing arms/diff will drop right out when you pull a diff-support bolt and the rear-subfram-bushing.