front bumper removal....

[kidkorrupt]

i took this off last night just so i could practice for when i change the amber sidemarker lights and when i ever come around to getting the auto exe grill.

there are too many damn screws, ahhhh!!!!!. Also for the foglights there is like this pivot thing that allows you to change the lights without removing the bumper. I'm sure those of you who have inspected the foglights know what i'm talking about.

the funny thing is my friend's rooamte came back form work and i had to move my car so i drove it about a block with no bumper on the front.

I'm sure the people who saw me thought i was a retard, lol

 

[pr5owner]

for the fogs there is just 1 14mm bolt holding the whole fog light housing in.. you undo that, the unit pops out and there are 2 12mm bolts for adjusting the angle.

one question, the screws you talk about, are they all philips? or both screws/bolts/etc?

 

[skilletrx]

bump::: is front bumper removal just all screws? where are the located.. i jus tried removing my front grill and relaized in order to not break anything i need to remove my bump help?

 

[Dexter]

you dont need to remove the bumper to take off the front top grill....

and yes, from what i remember, its a couple screws on the bottom,top and a couple screws in the wheel wells....really not all too hard of a job, honestly. im going to be taking mine off again tommorow so i really hope it is that easy, lol

 

[Little Beavis]

Front bumper is taken off by getting at the two phillips screws on each side where the bumper attaches to the front fender. Then there are two "screws" where the top grill attaches to the top "radiator" support, and a few miscellaneous bolts for the underbody plastic cover pieces. Then one electrical connector over by the washer fluid reservoir. Comes off pretty easy, the only pain is the little "clips" right under the corners of the headlights, one of mine is messed up from the factory and it is really hard to release.

 

[skilletrx]

dexter what is holding in the front grill then, ppl say you dont, but then from what i see there are like 2 screws (philips) at the radiator, and like 4 pull thumb tack looking things that you pry out... and besides that, 3 other clips inside the grill itself...

how do you remove the grill then, how do you get into those 3 clips?

 

[Dexter]

yep, got my bumper off in 10 minutes. im a pro now

skilletrx, did you get the 2 10mm bolts at the top (i think they are 10mm)

you need to mess around with it...try to angle it towards you and then pull it out, it clips into the bumper itself.

when i just took my bumper off, even i still had a small fit trying to detatch the grill from the bumper....