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Holy bejeezus is that bumper on there!!!!!
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:28 am
by IronMonkeyL255
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.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:41 am
by Yukonart
Yeah. . . we went through this with Laurel's car a few months ago. . . sucked TOTAL ass.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:27 am
by LaureltheQueen
i hate the bumper.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:05 am
by greg donovan
and that children is why doing anything for the hell of it is a really bad idea.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:53 am
by LaureltheQueen
Took us 3 hours and 5 people to get mine off. Stupid Piece of Shit.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:19 am
by stipro
LaureltheQueen wrote:Took us 3 hours and 5 people to get mine off. Stupid Piece of Shit.
That was priceless!!
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:33 am
by Yukonart
I beat the shit out of the bumper beam once we got that sucker off. . . .
. . . I showed it. . . .
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:37 am
by azn2nr
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.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:17 am
by LaureltheQueen
yeah, the bumper>fender bolts were the worst. Especially because my fenders are cracked where the bumper meets them
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:14 pm
by 91White-T
I found it a LOT easier to take off the bumper and fenders together, they're much easier to separate off the car.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:22 pm
by IronMonkeyL255
Hmmm... I may have to give that a try.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:01 pm
by tris91ricer
We didn't think of that.. Good suggestion.
Yes, Laurel's bumper was a biatch. Where's Jim to chime in on this?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:19 pm
by AWD_addict
I remember that, discouraged me from messing with my bumper.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:55 pm
by tris91ricer
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.
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:59 pm
by JasonGrahn
You did remove the four VERY large bolts inside the engine bay on the frame rails?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:17 pm
by professor
Y'all need some Providence Potholes...
took my BMW bumper off, with no tools
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:05 am
by Yukonart
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.
