anybody taken off the rear bumper cover?

[89TC-16V]

i need to take off the bumper cover with the reverse lights in it without breaking it as i need it for my other car. anybody know how to do it?

[car_chick]

Yes I've done it but it's not fun. Why don't you just shift the whole bumper over? You have to take the whole thing off to remove the cover anyways. That's how I'd do it, for several reasons.

1. It reduces the risk of breaking nearly 20 year old plastic.

2. That and by now, most of the nuts and connectors holding the cover on are rusted in place so you're going to spend an awful lot of time drilling out rusted bolts.

[89TC-16V]

i just need to take the rear bumper off, i dont care how, i dont know where to start, any way to get it off would be good

[car_chick]

It's really a 2 person job, as you will soon understand.

Get under the car and loosen the bolts holding the brackets to the frame but don't remove them yet. Have the 2nd person hold the bumper up while you remove the bolts (or vice versa).

The bumper then must be pulled straight back away from the car, being careful not to damage the slider brackets on the ends of the bumper plastic that wrap around the car. They can be a bit sticky and you may have to *carefully* wiggle them up and down just a little as you continue the rearward tension on the bumper. If you break them, or break where they attach to the bumper, you will need to replace the sliders or the ends of your bumper will flap in the wind as you drive.

Check the slider brackets on your car, both where they bolt to the car and where they bolt to the bumper (it's a two piece gig on each end of the bumper) and see if you need to salvage the ones from the donor car.

Reverse the process to install bumper, again a 2 person job.

[89TC-16V]

thanks will be playing with this on the weekend