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Taking the front off was one of the easiest things I have actually done to this car that I was truly amazed at the whole process. Every one of my accessories I have put on myself and I hesitated to remove it but when I did, I realized that I could have done it long before with ease. I have had if off twice now and will be taking it off again soon as I need to finish fitting parts I am making.

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I'll post all the pics I took of removing the front bumper and give a quick DIY.

In the first pic you will see the top bolts. Remove the bolts indicated by the yellow arrows.

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In this next two pics, remove the wheel well fasters indicated by yellow arrows. You need to turn the wheel on the side you are working on inward.

Turn the fastener 1/4 turn counter clockwise. If the whole fastener turns, hold the outside ring. Turn until it pops out as in second picture.

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Here you need to look up under the inside of the wheel well behind the side marker and remove this bolt. Note: All Bolts are 10MM

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:D Next, you need to remove the side marker as shown in this series of pics. After marker is removed, push the lamp and socket through hole as shown to get it out of the way for removal of the front bumper cover. Pardon the typo, it's been a long day.

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Next, pull bumper cover away from snaps on the corner of bumper as shown. Repeat the procedure for the other side.

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Next, remove the 8 10MM bolts from underneath the front bumper cover as indicated by yellow arrows. Note: This is the only pic I stole from the forum as I couldn't take a better pic of this and I also forgot to. To whomever this pic is from (original removal thread) Thanks!

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Now, the only thing that is still connected are the fog lights. Everything else is hanging by the center locating pin as seen in this picture. It is helpful to have someone else at this point as 4 hands are better than 2 though I did this removal all by myself. You just need to be careful and as you pull the bumper off the pin, you can hold it in one had, using the other to disconnect the fog light wiring, then switch hands to do the other side.

After removal, place teh bumper on a sturdy level space for working on.

There you have it, I told you it was easy. :D (Forgive the typos, it was late when I made it originally too. :D)

sco

Great pics D Menac.

huhsler

Why isn't this post in the DIY? It complements several others. Just wondering.

Good Duck

Thanks to D MENAC 7 for posting these instructions. They really help me in my bumper disassembly.

So here's my 2 cents contributions to these instructions that might make them even easier to follow.

I had a snag while trying to remove the fog light. It was simply I didn't know how to remove the wire harness from the light. It took about a minute and with help of a small flashlight before i found the connection point.

Anyway, there's a small tab that has to be pry out (flat head screwdriver) before the connection can be release.

Once that's done the whole bumper can separated from the car.

Here's the pics:

derwankel

Thanks for the contribution!

SilverBullitt

Canadian Bumper (with water pump for Lights)

- Simply unplug the tub connection, see picture for details..

Hope this help

BTW: Thanks D MENAC 7

SilverBullitt

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Thank you too, SilverBullitt for contributing to this thread as I have never seen the headlight washer unit on one of these and never thought about that part of it until now.

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