Front Bumper!! Quick 1 what im i missing??

[Jay07]

People your assistance please!!

I had a prang last week i need to get the front bumper off! I removed the plastic trim under the licence plate to find two large star headed nuts (t60) are these the one that hold the bumper on (1 on each side)??

The heads are getting torn up so im not going any further until you guys can clarify!

regards to all

Jason

[dobbie82]

yep they are called torx screws iirc? they need coming off im sorry to say! do you have a bit that fits?

[Dan318-is]

Torx bolt T55 is what you need, two bolts and it comes off, easiest job ever

[Jay07]

cheers ladz - ive got a t40 not t55 didnt think that wod fit but i'll check again - just when the car was sorted!!!!!! This happens - what a pain!!

thanks again

Jason

[Chris-W]

I may be wrong, but I think you are looking at the wrong torx bolts.

The ones you need to remove the bumper are on the underside, not behind the rub strips on the face.

[Jay07]

Duh - I'll go have a look - Cheers Chris - hope alls well wit you mate!!

[dobbie82]

i mis read the post... i just read what i want to read... yeah its the ones on the underside

its only a couple of weeks since i took one off so i ought to remember, here is a pic for you, the bumper is upsidedown in this pic they are on the underside just a bit further to the centre than the indicators,





sorry its a bit dark

[Theo]

Torx bolt T55 is what you need, two bolts and it comes off, easiest job ever

I beg to differ mate, the one in the touring that im fraggin are ceased in good and propper. I've bathed them in wd40, used an impact drive (with the correct t55 head of course), used a massive break bar and smacked it with a masssive drift, and the bastards still won't come out. Whats even more annoying is that the mtech kit which they are holding onto is sold, and I want the money!

[Chris-W]

i know what you mean Theo - and sadly when they are that siezed in, 9 times out of 10, the bolt head snaps before they'll move.

Can be nasty things.

[Brianmoooore]

If they can't be undone, then you need to get at the two 13mm bolts each side that hold the bumper mounts to the chassis rails - somehow.

[Jay07]

Cheers for the pic dobbie - much appreciated - thank god i dont have to get those other bolts out they were murder to budge... better not speak too soon the bumper is not off yet!!!!

[Hyperion]

cheers ladz - ive got a t40 not t55 didnt think that wod fit but i'll check again - just when the car was sorted!!!!!! This happens - what a pain!!

thanks again

Jason

good luck with bumper dude, but i was just posting to agree with you about having your car sorted and then something happens. I had my cars driver side black trim ceremonially removed by an electric gate this weekend....i am sad

[Brianmoooore]

[quote="Jay07"] thank god i dont have to get those other bolts out they were murder to budge... quote]
These bolts hold the bumper mounting bracket to the bumper, and removing them would release the bumper - but unfortunately they have loose nuts on them, so they wouldn't unscrew, even if you started them.

[Jay07]

I had my cars driver side black trim ceremonially removed by an electric gate this weekend....i am sad

That messed up mate! Its a real pain aint it!? - Its sods law that i was saying to my girly a little before the inncident that I havent had to buy much for the car recently as im reaching the end of this project!!! Sh!t happens!! What can you do...

Cheers O'B'1 for the help - i'm gona get the damn thing off asap then post pics of the damage in this thread - im hoping its just a case of straighting out the valance or what ever the brackets are mounted on! Any advice at that point will be apprec8td so keep an eye open chaps!

Jason

[Jay07]

This is how it looks
The wing was a mess before hand so i just need to replace it once and for all! Anyone got 1 or know a man who does?



My plan is to get the bumper off and try and reshaped the valance(pull out the dented bit where the bracket is) so that the bumper sits back in the right position. Is this the best way to go about it??

I which case can someone tell me the size of the alan key required for the bolt under the bumper (below) - If its another tool i need - please can someone confirm. Need to go halfrauds and buy it.



something hit the front lip of the bonnet and its rolled slightly out of shape is it worth trying to reshape it (if so with what ?) or start looking for a bonnet?



Any advice would be appreciated people, regards to all...
Jason

[Chris-W]

It's a 10mm allen key Jason. You might need that bonnet after all!

[Jay07]

Hey Chris! Funnily Enuf - you've been on my mind!!

Yeah that maybe best - pm me, cant remember if i still have your location - speaking of unwanted panels how do people get rid of their unwanted stuff that isnt sold?

Thanks for the info too 10mm it is! Will that just take the bumper itself off? i imagine the bracket will stay on the car ...

[Chris-W]

The two brackets stay on the car, yes.

Re unwanted panels. Metal Recyclers or domestic waste centres.

I'll drop you a note about the bonnet...

[Bob_S]

unsold stuff goes the local tip/dump

[Chris-W]

Rob, I don't know what's most disturbing - your sig or the fact that you've mis-spelled it