How to remove front bumper

[doug294]

Hey, I need to know how to remover the front filler piece and the front bumper on my 91 HB. I took the one bolt on the front of the filler piece off, but it won't come off. Is there more?

[KoRnSaQ]

With the bumper i took off all the bolts i could get to, then i got tired of messing with it so i just yanked it off. and with the filler piece i unbolted it on the sides where the corner lights are, i could not get to the rest of the bolts so i just started bending and breakin and cut it off. YOu could prolly do this without tearing anything up by taking the headlights out, but i spent about an hour trying to take them out, then i just said fuck it and started tearin stuff. but it all worked out right.

[Carnivore]

hey KornSaQ......whats with the gap below your right tail light?

[ci5ic]

Originally Posted by KoRnSaQ

With the bumper i took off all the bolts i could get to, then i got tired of messing with it so i just yanked it off. and with the filler piece i unbolted it on the sides where the corner lights are, i could not get to the rest of the bolts so i just started bending and breakin and cut it off. YOu could prolly do this without tearing anything up by taking the headlights out, but i spent about an hour trying to take them out, then i just said fuck it and started tearin stuff. but it all worked out right.

Yipes... that's an expensive way to remove a bumper!

Anyways, for the bumper, there's 2 screws in each wheel-well. I had to jack my car up to get at them properly.

Then there's 2 bolts underneath the bumper holding it to the radiator support (so you might as well jack the car up anyways).

There's also 2 bolts behind each of the bumper lenses, so you gotta take them out...

Then lift and slide the bumper towards the front of the car. It's kinda heavy with the reinforcement in it... Just a heads up so you don't drop your bumper...

Then if you need to remove that trim piece above the bumper and below the headlights, there's a single bolt in the center of it, and then there's a bolt on each end of it underneath the corner lenses.

All in all, a very easy thing to do...

Installation of the bumper back onto the car is the same in reverse. But, make sure you get the side clips on the bumper to slide into the clips on the car by the wheel-wells...

[KoRnSaQ]

Thats where the i could not get the top of the rear apron to go all the way onto the bracket, i have got it fixed now though, i guess i should update the pic.

Oh yeah just so you know, i was talkin about me yankin off the plastic bumper, I never took off the steal bumper.

[Posey88cvic4dr]

what about the back bumper? how woul du go about taking and replacing it?

[ci5ic]

Originally Posted by Posey88cvic4dr

what about the back bumper? how woul du go about taking and replacing it?

I think there's some screws in the wheel-wells for that as well, and then, you have to remove your brake lights on either side to get at some bolts under there. Not sure what else there is, I've never actually done it myself, but check under the bumper as well...

[KoRnSaQ]

The back is almost the same as the front, cause to take it off correctly you need to take off the taillights and the metal piece between the lights and the bumber, but it is a pain in the ass to figure out how to take that metal piece out, So all i did was take out the Lights, take out all the bolts and screws i could get to, then i just yanked the plastic bumper off. Then you just get your other bumper and put it into the brackets, then make sure you have it screwed into the brackets on the sides(It will be in the wheel well) and the you need to try to get some screw through the bracket along the top/middle of the bumper. And of course whenever you buy aftermarket bumpers you are goin to have to do some modifications to make it look, and line up right.