How Do I Take Off Front And Rear Bumpers

[himfanzach]

help me out guys

[doubleN0alero]

well first off you start by posting in only 1 section..LOL.
It is really quite simple to drop the bumpers...just look in the fender wells and take out the screws and you're pretty much done

[eag182]

Front Bumper

Materials:
10mm socket
socket wrench
flathead screwdriver
something soft to lay on

Difficulty:
2/5

Time:
1 hour about

All in all there are 14 bolts to remove. I had 13, one had misteriously vanished but thats another story. All of the bolts are 10mm. The hardest part of this job is fitting your hand in tight spaces. First use a flathead/ some muscle to pry out the two plastic things under and to each side of the license plate bracket. These are the hardest to get out (you might need a special tool). Next there are 3 bolts to each side of the bumper that secure it to the fender. I had to taken my header panel out to get to these from the front of the car, but if you can take the wheel well liner out I guess you can get to it from that way as well. Next are the wheel well plastic things, where the wheel wells connect to the bumper (if you took the liner out already, youre golden). There are also three on each side. I used a flathead to pry these out (altough they do not have to be taken out of the wheel well liner itself, just out of the bumper). After that, there are three bolts (on each side) on the underside of the bumper, connecting it to the wheel well liner (again, if its out, your good). When those are done, remove the two small plastic clips near the hood latch. Then pull forward and voila!

[himfanzach]

Thank you oh and sry about all the post i did in differnt pages just wanted to figure this out real quick before i had to go to work!!!

[wc_alero]

Get a haynes manual and read it

It is a piece of cake even for a non-car guy like myself

[himfanzach]

whats a haynes manual?

[himfanzach]

never mind im stupid haha they have those at libarys?

[eag182]

buy it, you might need it later

but seriously. Its easy until you get to those bigass plastic clips under the lic. plate bracket.

[himfanzach]

yeah i dont have to worry about those they got ripped out in my car wreck!

[wc_alero]

If you wanna buy a haynes manual I have mine laying around since I sold my alero

[littlebandito]

looks like he really dosnt want it, but it sounds helpful. Is it for various instaliation/unistalation?

[derek_ski99]

its basically a how to on everything for the car. it breaks down every last bit of your car. doesnt make anything necessarily easier, just allows you to see how to do things.

[littlebandito]

Well if he doesnt want it, im pretty interested.