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<blockquote data-quote="the5.ohh" data-source="post: 1222688" data-attributes="member: 17616"><p>[MENTION=18143]krazyrabbit[/MENTION] I just took mine off like a month ago to have it sprayed. the front end does not need to be lifted. Inside the wheel wells there are two phillips screws that need to be taken out, remove those. Pop the hood, remove the radiator cover panel and underneath you should be able to see the backs of the headlights and such. Take out the two plugs that are next to where the grille is that wraps up next to the headlights. Go underneath the car, you should see the lower air dam deflector. Use a interior trim removal tool to pry those up (or the back of the hammer even). Take that piece off. Then go back up. take a socket set and remove the header panel. You have to pop your sidemarkers out (small nut holding them in, you'll need a long ratchet with an extension or swivel head to get in there) remove that nut. Then remove the two bolts on the end of the header panel where you just removed the sidemarker. Do this on both sides. Then there are bolts next to the headlights facing inwards (sideways) and one bolt in the middle. Take those off and you should be able to remove the whole header panel. It would help if you had an extra set of hands, difficult to do this all by yourself. After doing that go back by the wheel wells and you should be able to pull the bumper away from the car. You need to pull back the fender liner so you can stick your hand in there with a ratchet. Theres two nuts that need to be removed, once those are taken off on the driver side and passenger side, you can pull the bumper out on the sides (you'll heard a metal noise as the threaded bolts go through the holes). Then you should be able to remove the bumper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the5.ohh, post: 1222688, member: 17616"] [MENTION=18143]krazyrabbit[/MENTION] I just took mine off like a month ago to have it sprayed. the front end does not need to be lifted. Inside the wheel wells there are two phillips screws that need to be taken out, remove those. Pop the hood, remove the radiator cover panel and underneath you should be able to see the backs of the headlights and such. Take out the two plugs that are next to where the grille is that wraps up next to the headlights. Go underneath the car, you should see the lower air dam deflector. Use a interior trim removal tool to pry those up (or the back of the hammer even). Take that piece off. Then go back up. take a socket set and remove the header panel. You have to pop your sidemarkers out (small nut holding them in, you'll need a long ratchet with an extension or swivel head to get in there) remove that nut. Then remove the two bolts on the end of the header panel where you just removed the sidemarker. Do this on both sides. Then there are bolts next to the headlights facing inwards (sideways) and one bolt in the middle. Take those off and you should be able to remove the whole header panel. It would help if you had an extra set of hands, difficult to do this all by yourself. After doing that go back by the wheel wells and you should be able to pull the bumper away from the car. You need to pull back the fender liner so you can stick your hand in there with a ratchet. Theres two nuts that need to be removed, once those are taken off on the driver side and passenger side, you can pull the bumper out on the sides (you'll heard a metal noise as the threaded bolts go through the holes). Then you should be able to remove the bumper. [/QUOTE]
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