phil84

I'm currently in the middle of removing the lump of metal TOWBAR from my car.

I am goin to need to take the rear bumper off but can't seem to get it off..... to make things worse, I know that there are 2 screws to come out from each side in the wheel arch but I can see that there are 4 visible clips on the top of the bumper, but is there any more underneath the rear lights???

I can't even get the lights off took the 5 little screws off but seems to be a pain n not come off....am I missing something here??

Cheers. Phil

tanyatriangles

iTrader: (2)

You don't need to remove the rear lights, and if they aren't leaking, I'd DEFO not disturb them

The bumper has clips at the front edges, under the wheel arch, two clips IIRC under the back edge, and 6 bolts, 17mm IIRC, three under each of the "chassis" rails.

Remove all these, and the bumper supports SLIDE out of the chassis rails.

You then need to support it while disconnecting the number plate light.

phil84

the clips on the front edges, you mean on the top

i can see 4, i thought there were more

cheers

p.s roll on tommorow

phil84

thanks for the advice

ran into a problem

1 of the bolts that hold the bumper in the chassis rail has decided it doesnt want to come out, it seems to be slack and goes round n around

think the bolt on the top has broken away and it aint comin out

these simple jobs of mine always end up a nightmare

oh well....my splitter will be ready on Monday, hopefully be done by then

tanyatriangles

iTrader: (2)

Either hacksaw it off, or grind it off with an angle grinder: a garage would do it for you, but you would need to get the stub end of the bolt ground down far enough to allow the bumper fixing to slide out of the rail.