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DIY: How to remove your rear bumper!

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Old 12-20-07, 09:34 PM
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Default DIY: How to remove your rear bumper!

Well like the title says , hope this helps some of you...


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First off :

remove the liner in your trunk, when you do u'll find some bolts (Four on each side of the car)



this was the rear right...
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this is the rear left

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also 1 bolt in the middle of the car on the inside of the trunk
(after removing liner again)

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also 2 or 3 bolts from the bottom middle (on outside of the car)

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also one tab thing on the left and right side on the bottom of the bumper (I had a hard time taking these out so i broke em and just used new ones)

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then here you go the end product!

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now just some random shots of the bumper off just to see...

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another random:

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last random shot of side view of bumper

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and for me the final product!




my junction produce bumper w/o the chrome strip yet-- this pic was taken a while back...
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The tabs - where did you get new ones from?
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Originally Posted by BigGene
The tabs - where did you get new ones from?
dealership , autozone anywhere really
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cool. perfect timing! i need to take off my rear bumper soon to run some wires.
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Nice! I wonder if there's enough space for air compressors.

Love the JP kit. Looks like your exhaust tips aren't long enough now.
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Originally Posted by chrispy
Nice! I wonder if there's enough space for air compressors.

Love the JP kit. Looks like your exhaust tips aren't long enough now.
haha i just fixed that probably 2-3 weeks back i got my mufflers extended out maybe a few inches i promise to post pics of my gs soon i havent even taken pics of the car with the jp grille and kit!


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