front and rear bumper removal help

[theKnifeArtist]

anyone have any tips for the removal of both the front and rear bumper and the nose piece? im taking it off, preping it and repainting it. is it hard to take these guys off? there a tuturial lurking somewhere?any help is appreciated

thanx

its an 88 by the way

 

[BoostnLoose]

if you got basic tools and half a brain you can take these off..

 

[Justin727]

just a matter of bolts brotha. Good luck and its not hard at all

 

[johnathan1]

those nuts located in the fender that hold the ends of the nose piece on can be a bitch w/out the right tools :biglaugh: Haha, i had to take it off back when I had JUST started working on (or any car for that matter), like 2 1/2 years ago, when I didn't even know what an oil change was, so yea, you can do it relatively easily...lol

 

[theKnifeArtist]

so i started goin at the back bumper bolts, and i snapped like four of them and only got one out after trenching them with powerlube. bah...should i just snap them out if they won't come out the right way and drill and retread the holes afterwards?

 

[supra90turbo]

Probably.

 

[trydrew]

Are you talking about the bolts on the inside of the car, under where the taillights are?

 

[theKnifeArtist]

well the ones i snapped so far are the ones on the bottom of the bumper. the most visable ones. the ones bolted with that metal beam

 

[supraman7mgte]

as a matter of fact,i just took off the bumper cover of mine,and i used a 10 mm deep socket w/ a small ratchet.
its not a pain,just a matter of doin'

 

[theKnifeArtist]

unfortunatly for me, the previous owner of this car was some stupid bitch from the dirty roads of upstate new york, which just makes doing almost everything a bigger challenge

 

[supraman7mgte]

i kept asking myself while i was taking the bumper apart,"why do i keep doing this?"
i replied,"because my therapy makes me happy"