How to safely remove front and rear bumper.

[Ryo]

hi guy's i wanna know how to safe remove bumpers on rusty hachi because i was one time having bad experience that i destroyed the plastic mountings on rear bumper when i tired to remove the bumper after the fight with rusty screws. I dont try that again with that hard method and wanna also know what screws to remove... can someone tell me how to do it and also how to safely remove the screws is they are rusty ? Pics will help too! Thanks.

[Mux213]

Hey Ryo,

For the rear you need to loosed the 4 big bolts on the bottom of your boot they are metal on metal so I doubt you'll damage any plastic there.
Then there are only 2 small screws on the inside on the side, and 2 small screws where the bumper meets the wheel arches.

Not sure about the front bumper but last time I loosened it I didn't have any problems but I loosed them directly on the bumpers.

In the end, best thing to do is soak them a couple of times in WD40 and then loosen them.

[Ivan141]

The front bumper is fixed with 2 very big bolts to the frame on each side...the bolts on those bumper mounts are usually a bitch to get loose...so use wd40 copiously, use good tools and hope you dont break anything. I just removed the bolts from the mount to the bumper itself, but you have some bad experiences with that from what I can gather.

[Ryo]

Thanks for the explanation guy's i let you know if i was have been sucesfull.

Have the WD40 ready :wink: .

[banpei]

Don't forget there are also two on the bottom of the rear-bumper.

[Ryo]

well i dont need to remove one of those... because one was gone with that rusty piece of metal ...i was thinking first that it can be funny but it's not. Must weld that spot. I think every also the nicest looking hachi's can have rust there on that place.

[banpei]

Ryo Wrote:well i dont need to remove one of those... because one was gone with that rusty piece of metal ...i was thinking first that it can be funny but it's not. Must weld that spot. I think every also the nicest looking hachi's can have rust there on that place.

Ah, you meant those screws gave you a good fight... One of mine (on the side which actually needs it badly!) is still in there, so I know what pain they are.