#1: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: tommy89, Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:12 pm ---- Has anyone got a pictoral guide on how to remove the bumpers? I did a search but couldnt find anyones project thread who had photographed it
I have come to the conclusion that I will take the bumpers off and paint/ wrap them instead of buying new bumpers (worse comes to worse I can buy new bumpers if i make a complete hash of it)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
#2: Re: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: tommy89, Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:25 pm ---- oops - dont worry! found one on google - should really have checked there first i suppose. GTI bumper removal similar to my pov spec one? as thats the how to i have.
and from what I remember for the rear, 3 maybe 4 torx screws on the top of it just inside where the tailgate shuts. a 10mm nut just behind the foglamp you get to from underneath and IIRC a 10mm just behind the wheel arch liner on each side. Takes less than 5 minutes to take off.
#4: Re: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: tommy89, Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:34 pm ---- Fantasitc! thank you very much!
I will give this a go this weekend hopefully - Time to go rattle can shopping
#5: Re: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:34 am ---- I was bored today so did this guide. How to remove the rear bumper
#6: Re: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: gazza82, Location: South BucksPosted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:52 pm ---- Drive it sideways down the hard shoulder and the crash barrier does it for you ... makes a bit of a mess though!
From memory (and short-term as I rebuilt the front of our hdi last month!) ...
For the front one, you need to remove the upper grill and both headlights to get to the bolts on top. A small bolt at the bottom edge of the wings so the inner wing shields have to come out, two bolts to the lower rad cross member (assuming the mounting strips aren't snapped off). There are two locating pins also where it meets the wings and these slot into two holes. So you have to pull down to pop them out.
Similar at the rear but all the bolts are accessible without removing lamp units.
#7: Re: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: gazza82, Location: South BucksPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:53 pm ---- Oh and four screws that hold the inner wings to the bumper ..
#8: Re: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: tommy89, Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:45 pm ---- I dont appear to be able to access that how to you made - might be my computer being a bit useless though.
Ha! I have tried a similar one to the first method you mentioned in a renault clio - Came off nice and easily!
Had a bit of a nightmare getting the third brake light off today - the hot to on here was very good - but someone had glued mine on!
#9: Re: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: kwakzx7r, Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:48 am ---- Headlights don't need to come out. Use a short torx bit and use clamp on grips to turn them. The nasty bit will be the bolts either side behind the wheel arch liner, which will more than likely be rusted and turn in the bumper.
#10: Re: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: tommy89, Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:03 pm ---- looooads of the screws and bolts are rusted up on this thing! even the number plate screws tricky car! - ground and replaced a lot.
#11: Re: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: gazza82, Location: South BucksPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 1:43 pm ---- I looked at the how-to link as well ... that's why I then jotted my memory down in a posting ...
#12: Re: How to remove the front and rear bumpers? Author: tommy89, Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:37 pm ---- ahhh right! my bad - bit of a slow day that
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