bumper removal

[jfirios]

How hard is it to remove the rear bumper. Thinking of pulling it for repainting and rear camera install.

[sdg3205]

How hard is it to remove the rear bumper. Thinking of pulling it for repainting and rear camera install.

Simple! Well, to be honest it depends how rusty the bolts are on the heat shield. Pretty straight forward. Do you have a workshop manual?

[jfirios]

yes it is just a few bolts to take it off

[sdg3205]

yes it is just a few bolts to take it off

2 on each pontoon inside the engine bay
A bunch (forget the exact number) along the heat shield
up to 2 per side out the back of the pontoon into the closing plate (accessed via coal canister and air intake locations) - remove tail lights to access as well
1 per side underside of plastic trim panels under quarter panels.

Unhook black pin connector at bulk head
unhook release cable.
Remove rear side markers and pull through

[jawn101]

7 studs along the underside by the muffler :)

It isn't terribly hard to pull but putting it back can be harder. Don't tighten the bolts inside the taillight cavities too tight or you'll get dimples.

[jfirios]

i was able to get the rear facia off. Was a bit of a pain in the ass. The three bolts along each side, the one at the bottom on each side, all the screws at the top along the engine compartment, the two on each side behind the lights, and all the ones at the bottom along the heat shield. All of those broke after a few turns, there is enough threads left to be able to use new 10mm bolts on them, just need to clean the threads up.
Already cut the hole for the back up camera and starting the lettering removal. Going to be a fun project. Going to get the bumper re sprayed since it is off before re mounting it again.

[BTTF-1]

Sounds like a great project.

Take some pictures before and after to share.

Ed:strongman:

[jawn101]

If your studs snapped, some of the vendors sell replacements. I bought some stainless ones from Josh at DPI for an incredibly reasonable price.

[Tillsy]

Is this doable with two people, or do you need two to support it whilst a third unbolts?

[dustybarn]

I removed and reinstalled my fascia singlehanded, though a helper would have been useful. I don't think three people are necessary if you work methodically and plan ahead.

[Tillsy]

Cheers mate - did you remove it as one entire unit? I just want it out the way to drill out a bolt I snapped, so the less steps to get it off the better.

[dustybarn]

Yes, I removed the fascia and fiberglass fascia support together, and didn't attempt to separate them; I wanted to minimize the risk of damaging the urethane.

[jawn101]

Yes, I removed the fascia and fiberglass fascia support together, and didn't attempt to separate them; I wanted to minimize the risk of damaging the urethane.

On my car it's way easy to remove them like this, but a little more challenging to put them back. It sort of depends how well your particular car lines up.

[rothsean]

I removed and reinstalled my fascia singlehanded, though a helper would have been useful. I don't think three people are necessary if you work methodically and plan ahead.

I agree, any more people other than yourself removing the fascias will just be in the way.... except for when you remove the hood to get the front fascia off.

[Tillsy]

Got it off, and then on again - cheers guys!

[Jack]

Got it off, and then on again - cheers guys!

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