Sounds like you talking about DZUS 1/4 Turn fasteners. I used to use them to take the fenders/bumper off my car, and the 2000 Cobra R has then on the lower lip of the front bumper so that you can remove it to take a drive through town, then put the lip on for Auto-X. They don't really involve a big linkage like that though. But you can basically pull whatever you have them attached with off with a flat screwdriver and 10 seconds of time.