does anyone know how to take off the front bumper?

[07toycamry]

does anyone have a diapgram of how to take off the bumper?

[Gorky_Park]

Tie it with the rope to a tree and reverse real hard.














JK don't do it.

Don't really know. I normally just try to locate all the plastic tabs and take them off as I go.

[lammydi]

Pm me your email address so I can send you the attachment.

[cdtran]

From a post on HIDplanet.com

Originally Posted by Larry aka LittoDeviL

Hey, yea actually I pulled more pieces off the first time then I should've so maybe I can help you to take off the bumper with removing only the pieces tha'ts needed.

Starting with the hood open, take out that 10mm hex black screw in the middle. Then take a philips #2 tip and take out the two rubber bump stops for the hood (one toward the driver and one toward the passenger side). Then... along the same area you'll notice a bunch of plastic pushin round tabs all along that area. You ONLY need to take out 1 near each of the headlight. And it would be the Second To Last on each side. So not the one that's right next to the headlight, but the second one away from the headlight.

That basically completes the top.

Under the bumper on the permeter will be a bunch of grayish 10mm socket hex screws so remove those. Then when you get to either end, there will be a BLACK 10mm socket hex screw. Only take one out from each end, the one on the edge of the bumper, you don't need to remove the other 2 next to them.

Then in your wheel well, in front of each tire you'll noticed a plastic tab. Take a flat screw driver and turn it 1/4 turn. Then pull it out, like all the way out. You can't leave part of it in there, you have to pull it out, either take a plyer or something.

One last 10mm hex gray screw is behind that wheel well flap. You can take a screw driver and push the black flap away where the bumper meets the fender. You'll see that 10mm gray hex screw. Just remove it with a socket or a philips screw driver.

Pull on each side of the bumper. Pull it forward and at the same time lift the bumper up so the top of the bumper (where it meets the hood) can come off the rails.

And that's it. When I first took it off, i had the car on a lift so I took all the black plastic panels underneith the car off too hehe which wasn't needed. But when you put it back together, you have to make sure part of those black panels slide into the bumper and some of it doesn't. The ones where you took those gray 10mm hex screws are the ones that has to be on the outside or below the bumper, not into it.

[geoff5093]

I took my front bumper off in about 15 minutes to install my fog lights. If you get stuck anywhere just ask me and i'm sure I can help you.

[lammydi]

Originally Posted by 07toycamry

does anyone have a diapgram of how to take off the bumper?

Dude, I just emailed you the information.

[07toycamry]

thanks guys for all your help!

[ram]

does anyone know where to find the pics to cdtran's writeup?

[tonyizhurr]

Originally Posted by lammydi

Dude, I just emailed you the information.

hey can you send me the attachment to take off the bumper too? after you take off the bumper i can install a grille correct?

[lammydi]

Originally Posted by tonyizhurr

hey can you send me the attachment to take off the bumper too? after you take off the bumper i can install a grille correct?

Tony,
Pm me your email address then I will send the attachment. Also, you can install the grille without take off the bumper.

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

Originally Posted by Gorky_Park

Tie it with the rope to a tree and reverse real hard.

hahahahahaha!!! before i even opened the thread i was going to type that

[cdtran]

Originally Posted by ram

does anyone know where to find the pics to cdtran's writeup?

I don't have any pics, but I can take some the next time I take my bumper off to test my retro(hopfully tomorrow, but if not, then sometime before thanksgiving) The write up is fairly detailed, so if you follow it, you shouldn't have a problem.

[njerald]

Originally Posted by cdtran

I don't have any pics, but I can take some the next time I take my bumper off to test my retro(hopfully tomorrow, but if not, then sometime before thanksgiving) The write up is fairly detailed, so if you follow it, you shouldn't have a problem.

Try your Service Manual................

[geoff5093]

Originally Posted by tonyizhurr

hey can you send me the attachment to take off the bumper too? after you take off the bumper i can install a grille correct?

It's honestly not that hard. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, or what to look for. I just unscrewed anything that was attached to the bumper pretty much, and when you start to pull on it you will notice if/where the other screw(s) are located.

[Eyekutr]

Originally Posted by njerald

Try your Service Manual................

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