So today I helped my friend Chris replace his front bumper. He had gotten into a little fender bender and was tired of the hole there.
So you don't know how to remove the bumper eh? Well here is (what I think) a very detailed writeup, you should be able to teach your mom how to remove a bumper with these directions ^_^.
Side Note: I really HATE those silly black screws w/ the black plastic housing around them that you have to pop out, in my opinion I find them VERY annoying and easy to break, if I had more time and wanted to put more effort into this I would've went to ace hardware and try finding a metal bolt, something that won't easily break or strip. YOU MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO STRIP OR BREAK THESE, because then the bumper will be stuck on in that location, and the only way to remove it without removing the screw is by breaking the mounting hole on the bumper.
1. We'll start from the very first screw under the wheel well (pictured at the bottom)
2. Then we'll remove the corner/parking lamp by unscrewing the one screw up top and you'll see one screw there.
3. Next the three screws
4. Repeat step 1 and 2 for the opposite side.
5. Now, this was the least fun of the whole bumper removal... Actually it took the most time... The front turn signal light removal... Ugh.
There is only one screw for each light but I had an extremely hard time getting to it, if you peek your head into the lower grill you'll see a little opening for a phillips head screw driver. These two screws are different from the bumper screws (obviously).
(View from the opening)
(Close up shot of the screw)
You have to stick your Phillips in there and unscrew that screw quite a few turns, after that slide the signal light towards the outside of the car then it will come right out.
6. After fooling with the bumper lights, you're about halfway there, behind each light there is one screw.
7. Now it's time to go under the bumper and remove two of these screws...
This is where they are in relative position to the car.
8. This may be optional but I removed these two bolts (and then we didn't put them back on lol).
9. Another possible step.... You may have to remove the headlights if you have screws in these locations, when we removed the bumper there weren't any screws there.
-Location of screws that we removed. (Not Pictured: Two screws under the front turn signal lights)
-Location of possible screws that we were somehow missing.
10. Give it a little tug then... Tada...
Removing the lower lip is simple, just unscrew everything at the bottom and then it comes off
Again, comments, complaints & compliments are always welcome.
