Getting serious about a FMIC, need options...

[howslowcanyougo]

First off many Thanks to you both for the great info!

Originally Posted by ecoli

The trick to getting a 2G front cover off is to undo the bolts that hold the fiberglass bumper's supports, not the part that connects to the fiberglass bumper, but the bolts that connect the metal supports to the chassis. There are 2 17mm(I think) bolts on each side.

Where are these these "key" bolts, up inside the bumper, on the bottom or?

Originally Posted by ecoli

Then you can pull the whole front cover and bumper off as one piece, and those annoying lower bolts under the headlights are easy to get at off the car.

And just why do you need to take the headlight bolt off if you already have the bumper off?

Sorry to be PIA, but I've never really seen this done before, let alone done it properly!




Anything this other guy's missing out of here???



http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99973






TIA.....again!

Howie

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Originally Posted by howslowcanyougo

Where are these these "key" bolts, up inside the bumper, on the bottom or?

And just why do you need to take the headlight bolt off if you already have the bumper off?

Those "key" bolts might be hard to find, they are a bit up under the car. You shouldn't have to remove the headlights the way I do it. The rest of the stuff in that front bumper removal needs to be done whichever way you do it though.

If you look at this picture and see the around 1.5" x 1.5" square holes in the frame on each side of the intercooler, that is where the bumper supports I am talking about slide into. So if you follow those holes back underneath the car maybe 6 inches, you should see 2 bolts holding the bracket to the frame. The bolts are a few inches apart.

http://www.mnsportcompacts.net/forum...etimage&id=670

[howslowcanyougo]

Originally Posted by ecoli

If you look at this picture and see the around 1.5" x 1.5" square holes in the frame on each side of the intercooler, that is where the bumper supports I am talking about slide into. http://www.mnsportcompacts.net/forum...etimage&id=670

I just signed up to mnsportcompacts.net, but until their admin lets me on, I can't pull that image from that link.

Thanks much for all the detailed info!