Rear bumper

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Ok sorry to people about this but does anyone have a link to a DIY on removing the rear bumper? everytime i try to search this i get this error

"Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 35 bytes) in /home/cbatune/public_html/vbb/search.php on line 976"

so i can't find it.

Thanks =D

[sublime]

its easy.

1. 2 bolts underneath the car (be careful they might snap off)
2. 2 bolts in the trunk
3. the clips on the side, next to the quarter panel

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its easy.

1. 2 bolts underneath the car (be careful they might snap off)
2. 2 bolts in the trunk
3. the clips on the side, next to the quarter panel

there are only 4 bolts holding on the rear bumper...? intersting, would there be some photos, yea the clip holes have rusted out haha, that is why i need the back bumper off so i can fix that. Also the two bolts in the trunk they are the ones by each of the tail light access panels correct? they long black point screws?

Also side note how do i take off those plastic covers in my tunk? like the one by my latch, it seems it something is holding it in place are their clips or screws? i dunno yank hard or else im afraid i mightbreak it.

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there are only 4 bolts holding on the rear bumper...? intersting, would there be some photos, yea the clip holes have rusted out haha, that is why i need the back bumper off so i can fix that. Also the two bolts in the trunk they are the ones by each of the tail light access panels correct? they long black point screws?

Also side note how do i take off those plastic covers in my tunk? like the one by my latch, it seems it something is holding it in place are their clips or screws? i dunno yank hard or else im afraid i mightbreak it.

well they are bolts, but held on by nuts.

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yea thats what i meant. Do you know how to get all that plastic off from the trunk? does it just pop off?

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just pull it up, you dont need to pull it all the way out, just enough to get the nuts off. and you wont be able to see the nuts under the car, there are covers hiding them

Hmmm ok cool, just for the ones under the car are there any photos anywhere perhaps just to get a visual of what im doing here. =D, now its going to be covered in oil since i just got the car oil sprayed not to long ago haha.

Yea i also need those peices of plastic off so i can fix my power antenna and such, and possibly find a leak thats in my trunk getting stuff wet/moist, its starte to annoy me becuase some of the overheads are freezing solid haha.

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just pull it up, you dont need to pull it all the way out, just enough to get the nuts off. and you wont be able to see the nuts under the car, there are covers hiding them

the bolts on the outside under the car are hidden?

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yes, they are under a plastic boot, follow the frame rail to the back of the car and you will see a black plastic boot on each frame rail. there will be a clip holding them in place.

im going to take stab and say these clips are plastic? ok, well ill look for them next wkend is when i have times after finals to look at it anyways. Black eh.. Hmmm i shall be on the lookout thanks, are those bolts usually hard to take out or not? should i soak them in a lube or something?

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you'd better soak the nuts in pb blaster, otherwise you'll snap them off

Hmmm will do, is there a certain torque spec for them or just make sure their handtight?

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Mannn ok how did u guys get those plastic clips out from the bumper to take the entire bumper off? Bcuase i found the ones under the car under the plastic cups but those lines of plastic screw type clips, i turn them but they don't do anything, someone got any suggestions on how to get them off/out?

[steelbluesleepR]

i dont know about the bumper, but i just removed all of the trim from my trunk today, including the carpet which was kindof a bitch. here's a sort of walk through for the trunk except for the rearmost piece, i didnt take that out so i dont know. btw, this is for a 90 sedan, i dont know what the differences are between years/body styles.
1. pull the latch under the parcel shelf to tilt the back seat forward.
2. use an interior panel removal tool (it looks like a realy wide flat-head screwdriver with a notch out of the middle of the blade, it costs about 5 bucks and comes in handy) and remove the interior fastener (plastic plugs) on each of the panels on the side of opning.
3. pull these trim panels out enough to get at one more fastener on each side, this time attatched to the cloth side panels of the trunk. dont worry about breaking the panels, they flex very well, but require quite a bit of force to get them to do what you want.
4. remove the jack cover and jack from the passenger side wall.
5. pull on the back side of the side panels to remove them. you'll need to pull them out from behind the rear panel and finangle them around the junk attached to the top of the trunk around the hinges.
for the carpet:
1. fold the seat down
2. use the panel removal tool to take out the two or three plugs on each side of the rear seat. these are permanantly attached to the carpet and push into the metal on the back of the seat.
3. there are several white clips that hook over metal tabs at the top of the seat. i found there are a couple ways to get them off. one is to bend the tabs down perpindicular to the seat with a screwdriver. another is to use the screwdriver to pry the white clips off of the tabs.
4. there are two more plastic plugs around the latch in the middle of the top of the seat. once these are removed, you can pull the carpet out of the car.

hope this helps