how do you install a bumper?
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03-19-2008 | 07:13 PM
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how do you install a bumper?
ok well i'll be getting my rear GT bumper tomorrow and i was wanting to know how di take off the old v6 bumper? how hard is it to put the new one on? anyone have diagrams of ho to take em off and put em on?
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03-19-2008 | 07:32 PM
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+1 i maybe doing this here with in the next couple of weeks. Hey V6 Mustang Power, wont you have to re allign the exhuast so it looks proper? I call my local shopped and they said it would cost me around $35-$50
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03-19-2008 | 07:45 PM
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i'll be calling the 2 shops in town tomorrow( exhaust and body shop) if the exhaust shop could put on the bumper and align the exhaust at the same time that would be great.
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03-19-2008 | 07:50 PM
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nice and yeah so it will be at the exhaust cutouts... i'll prolly end up having a shop put on the bumper and then take it to the place i had my exhaust done and have em realign it for me. hope it doesnt cost that much, if it wont cost over 200 i'll have it done sometime next week. this friday im taking it in to get it tinted i'll be calling the 2 shops in town tomorrow( exhaust and body shop) if the exhaust shop could put on the bumper and align the exhaust at the same time that would be great.
i'll be calling the 2 shops in town tomorrow( exhaust and body shop) if the exhaust shop could put on the bumper and align the exhaust at the same time that would be great.
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03-19-2008 | 07:51 PM
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so their are side panels in the trunk? and 2 bolts behind each rear wheel and the screws under the bumper?
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03-19-2008 | 07:53 PM
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apparently..... I have no idea. Thats just what i found. I havnt actually looked yet. Its been a real busy week for me and I have test tomorrow.
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03-19-2008 | 08:17 PM
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yeah, i tried looking. their is a ton of mudd under my bumper. **** im just letting the shop do it.
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03-19-2008 | 08:32 PM
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03-19-2008 | 08:36 PM
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have you done it before? i'd like to know where all the bolts and crap are located.
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03-19-2008 | 08:57 PM
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It would take me longer to post the steps, then it would take for you to actually do it. Seriously, there is really nothing to it.
The first thing you need to do is remove the screws on the dust covers in the wheel wells as they are attached to the cover. There are two large bolts that attach the bumper to the frame of the car if i am not misstaken. You access them from under the hood. I think you have to pull the battery too to the find the one on the driver side, but I don't remember. There are also a few small bolts the attached the cover in the front that are under the hood.
This is a 30 minute job......this is why the shop is only charging you $40. Do you make $80/hr? If not, you should really do this yourself. Naturally, it will take you longer then a pro, but you will feel good about yourself too.
Just walk around the car and start pulling on it. You will see where it is bolted pretty quick.
The fit when it goes on can be a pain. Don't do this in the cold.....the bumper should be flexible.
The first thing you need to do is remove the screws on the dust covers in the wheel wells as they are attached to the cover. There are two large bolts that attach the bumper to the frame of the car if i am not misstaken. You access them from under the hood. I think you have to pull the battery too to the find the one on the driver side, but I don't remember. There are also a few small bolts the attached the cover in the front that are under the hood.
This is a 30 minute job......this is why the shop is only charging you $40. Do you make $80/hr? If not, you should really do this yourself. Naturally, it will take you longer then a pro, but you will feel good about yourself too.
Just walk around the car and start pulling on it. You will see where it is bolted pretty quick.
The fit when it goes on can be a pain. Don't do this in the cold.....the bumper should be flexible.
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03-19-2008 | 08:59 PM
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It would take me longer to post the steps, then it would take for you to actually do it. Seriously, there is really nothing to it.
The first thing you need to do is remove the screws on the dust covers in the wheel wells as they are attached to the cover. There are two large bolts that attach the bumper to the frame of the car if i am not misstaken. You access them from under the hood. I think you have to pull the battery too to the find the one on the driver side, but I don't remember. There are also a few small bolts the attached the cover in the front that are under the hood.
This is a 30 minute job......this is why the shop is only charging you $40. Do you make $80/hr? If not, you should really do this yourself. Naturally, it will take you longer then a pro, but you will feel good about yourself too.
Just walk around the car and start pulling on it. You will see where it is bolted pretty quick.
The fit when it goes on can be a pain. Don't do this in the cold.....the bumper should be flexible.
The first thing you need to do is remove the screws on the dust covers in the wheel wells as they are attached to the cover. There are two large bolts that attach the bumper to the frame of the car if i am not misstaken. You access them from under the hood. I think you have to pull the battery too to the find the one on the driver side, but I don't remember. There are also a few small bolts the attached the cover in the front that are under the hood.
This is a 30 minute job......this is why the shop is only charging you $40. Do you make $80/hr? If not, you should really do this yourself. Naturally, it will take you longer then a pro, but you will feel good about yourself too.
Just walk around the car and start pulling on it. You will see where it is bolted pretty quick.
The fit when it goes on can be a pain. Don't do this in the cold.....the bumper should be flexible.
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03-19-2008 | 09:06 PM
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thats what i thought lol. Ill have to look at my car tomorrow afternoon and see whats all is invloved. cant be to hard.
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03-19-2008 | 09:09 PM
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nah i think the rear bumper would be 10 times easier and quicker. Just think of all the stuff you would have to remove for the front.
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03-19-2008 | 09:10 PM
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03-19-2008 | 10:28 PM
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Remove the inter trunk compartment trim panel covers the one by the trunk latch and the 1 on each side. There are 2 bolts on the each side by the wheel wells. I think 6 along the back between the tail lights. Then there are 2 behind the wheels on the out side along the wheel wells and 5 under the car along with a fuel drain line on the pass side.
That should do it.
Shawn
That should do it.
Shawn
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03-19-2008 | 10:30 PM
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Remove the inter trunk compartment trim panel covers the one by the trunk latch and the 1 on each side. There are 2 bolts on the each side by the wheel wells. I think 6 along the back between the tail lights. Then there are 2 behind the wheels on the out side along the wheel wells and 5 under the car along with a fuel drain line on the pass side.
That should do it.
Shawn
That should do it.
Shawn
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