Thanks to @SlowE93 for pointing this out to me in the plugs coils thread: https://bmw.spoolstreet.com/threads...ctors-and-coils-thread.1094/page-5#post-39630
For anyone who has the BimmerLife coils, you may want to take a peak at this. There is a metal shield that needs cut off the bottom so the coil will seat properly. There is also a bit of plastic and rubber on the side of the coil that needs cut off as well.
Here is the difference.
Before:
After, notice how much further down the coil sits in the plug well:
This piece on the side needs trimmed off with a box cutter:
You can either pull the shield all the way off or trim it. To give you an idea of how much material is trimmed off, use a dremel with a grinding/cutting wheel:
When its cut all the way it will look like this:
In this photo, I did all of the coils except #2, its very easy to see it sticks up higher:
Some of the coils will need turned in order to fit all the way down. Because of this, coil 5/6 can give you a bit of problems trying to get the connector on, so put the connector on the coil before pushing it down:
In this photo, you can see that most of the top of the coil is below the valve cover:
TLDR: Just pull the rubber boot and metal sleeve off your coils and trim off the plastic tabs.
For anyone who has the BimmerLife coils, you may want to take a peak at this. There is a metal shield that needs cut off the bottom so the coil will seat properly. There is also a bit of plastic and rubber on the side of the coil that needs cut off as well.
Here is the difference.
Before:
After, notice how much further down the coil sits in the plug well:
This piece on the side needs trimmed off with a box cutter:
You can either pull the shield all the way off or trim it. To give you an idea of how much material is trimmed off, use a dremel with a grinding/cutting wheel:
When its cut all the way it will look like this:
In this photo, I did all of the coils except #2, its very easy to see it sticks up higher:
Some of the coils will need turned in order to fit all the way down. Because of this, coil 5/6 can give you a bit of problems trying to get the connector on, so put the connector on the coil before pushing it down:
In this photo, you can see that most of the top of the coil is below the valve cover:
TLDR: Just pull the rubber boot and metal sleeve off your coils and trim off the plastic tabs.