Holy bejeezus is that bumper on there!!!!!

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:28 am

I was just trying to take my front bumper off (for the hell of it), and MAN is that thing on there good.

I tried the three bolt/screws directly under the grill first. All of them started loosening up and then sheared off.

Then I tried the ones under the corner markers. Those came out fine.

I then got frustrated when I saw how many more bolts were holding it on. Mainly, where it meets the fender.

I went to go put on the side bolts. Those both sheared off when they were almost fully on.

I went to go drill the bolt pieces out. This worked for the side 2, but the middle 3 broke a drill bit apiece. Now I have the side holes held on with zip-ties.

That kinda sucked. I'm fine with breaking the bolts off (b/c it IS an old car), but it really annoys me that I can't get the pieces out so I can replace them.

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:41 am

Yeah. . . we went through this with Laurel's car a few months ago. . . sucked TOTAL ass.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:27 am

i hate the bumper.

greg donovan · Post by **greg donovan** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:05 am

and that children is why doing anything for the hell of it is a really bad idea.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:53 am

Took us 3 hours and 5 people to get mine off. Stupid Piece of Shit.

stipro · Post by **stipro** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:19 am

LaureltheQueen wrote:Took us 3 hours and 5 people to get mine off. Stupid Piece of Shit.

That was priceless!!

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:33 am

I beat the shit out of the bumper beam once we got that sucker off. . . .

. . . I showed it. . . .

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:37 am

i didnt realize there were bolts where the bumper meets the fender vitercaly.

the pop clips on the bottom i had to take out with a wonderbar and hammer.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:17 am

yeah, the bumper>fender bolts were the worst. Especially because my fenders are cracked where the bumper meets them

91White-T · Post by **91White-T** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:14 pm

I found it a LOT easier to take off the bumper and fenders together, they're much easier to separate off the car.

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:22 pm

Hmmm... I may have to give that a try.

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:01 pm

We didn't think of that.. Good suggestion.

Yes, Laurel's bumper was a biatch. Where's Jim to chime in on this?

AWD_addict · Post by **AWD_addict** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:19 pm

I remember that, discouraged me from messing with my bumper.

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:55 pm

werd.
I still am going to pull mine off though.. I never learn

I need to properly mount a set of fogs, so I want to drill 'em in, or something.. just to make it extra-nice and secure.

JasonGrahn · Post by **JasonGrahn** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:59 pm

You did remove the four VERY large bolts inside the engine bay on the frame rails?

professor · Post by **professor** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:17 pm

Y'all need some Providence Potholes...

took my BMW bumper off, with no tools

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:05 am

JasonGrahn wrote:You did remove the four VERY large bolts inside the engine bay on the frame rails?

Well, those would of course be for the bumper beam, itself. . . they were the easiest part of the whole ordeal.

One thing I do LOVE about the design, is how the bumper beam has "hooks" on it to suspend it from the front subframe when installing/removing the bolts to the frame rails. A sheer pleasure in the way of design to be sure.

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Holy bejeezus is that bumper on there!!!!!

Holy bejeezus is that bumper on there!!!!!