With a broad bladed screwdriver or putty knife - VERY CAREFULLY. The older they are the more likely they are to break.
The "bumper," "plastic ring" or "ring guard" should never be moved from the top. The purpose is to protect the graduated cylinder from breaking if it tips over. That is why you don't see them on plastic graduated cylinders.
I just did this last night on mine. There is a plastic cover on the top of the bumper. You have to remove that to get to the bolts underneath it. Its a real pain to remove it without breaking that plastic cover you have to crawl underneath it and squeeze the plastic clips together one at a time. After you remove that, you can remove the bolts under it. There are more in other places, but I forget where, I'd have to go look again.
I rear-ended a Porsche 996 Turbo in my CR-V. Replacing the front bumper cover takes about ten minutes and involves unscrewing the visible fasteners and basically yanking the thing off. If you hit something, be sure to verify that other parts are not broken (grill, plastic fasteners, front bumper beam, AC condensor, horn, etc) to minimize trips to the dealer.
Suspect this will be similar to the corsa ones done recently.The bumper doesn't have to come right off,but the fasteners under the front wheelarches need to be removed.This allows the bumper to be "eased"out so the headlamps will clear it. .
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You have to pull down the inner fender skirts to gain access to the fasteners of the front bumper cover. Once you've got the front bumper cover pulled away from the headlamp assembly then unfasten the assembly then it can pulled out without the bumper or front of the fender being in the way.
that depends. does your 325e have a aluminum bumper or a plastic bumper? if it has the aluminum bumper, you should order new bumper shocks for an post face-lift 87 model. post 8/87. the reason? the shocks that fit aluminum bumpers are very long, and if u attach a plastic bumper, it will stick out too far. if the 325e has a plastic bumper, then everything will be as easy as detaching and re-attaching your bumper.
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I've done it but it was years ago and I'm working from a poor memory. The grill has to come out to give you access to the fasteners holding the plastic bumper cover on. They are held by an ingenious little plastic clip that you access from the front of the vehicle. These "Clips" have to be rotated 90 degrees to unlock them and there are 8 or so total to undo. Look around the edges of the grill and you will spot them. once you get access to the bumper cover there are screws on the top and bottom of the cover that must be removed to get access to the bumper structure. The "bumper itself is pretty easy to replace as it is just bolted to the frame; getting access to it is the trick I think I also remove the headlights to allow access to the bumper cover as well. Good luck.
melt the plastic back. use a lighter,,,
The rear bumper cover is attached by 4 screws (behind the fender well covers, easily moved), and 4 screws inside the rear hatch. There are also 12 fasteners along the top and bottom of the bumper skin that can be pried out. Replacement fasteners cost about 5-10 dollars for a pack of 10. If you have a gray (non-painted) rear bumper, it only costs about $200 to replace it, and it's easily a DIY job.
To remove the front bumper on a zx2 , first you need to remove all of the fasteners on the top side of the bumper. ( open the hood and look straight down, remove all of those black plastic retaing screws.) After you remove the fasteners from the topyou need to lay down and get all of those small screws on the bottom/front of the bumper. Basically they just hold on the front splash guard but you need to remove them anyways. Once you take care of the top and bottom side of the bumper you need to remove both of the front inner fender wells. It's usually easier if you remove the wheels first. Once you remove the inner fender wells, get you a 3/8 drive ratchet wrench with a LONG extension. There are two (2) bolts on each side of the bumper, I believe they are a 13mm. Take out all four (4) bolts and then remove the front bumper cover and your done.