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HOW TO: Install GT bumpers (w/Pics)
05-03-2006, 09:25 PM
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RE: How To: Install GT bumpers. Pics included!
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OK, I did the front bumper cover last night. Did it by myself in about 45 minutes, it's super simple. I have a couple of corrections to the step by step:
1) There are 5 plastic fasteners on each foward fender liner, not six, and three screws per side, not two. The plastic fasteners are in the following locations 2 above the tire holding the front fender liner to the rear, there are 2 near the middle of the liner holding the liner to the wheel well and there is one behind the tire holding the fender liner near the engine at the bottom of the liner. The three screws are on the outside edge of the foward fender liner near the bottom of the bumper cover.
2) The flanged nuts are labled 6 on the diagram, not 5. There are 2 of them per side.
3) You don't need "some screws". Specifically you need N801169S900 : 1 : PACK OF EIGHT SCREWS and W705992S441 : 1 : PACK OF FOUR INSERTS so that you can install 5R3Z-17626-BA : 1 : DEFLECTOR - STONE which connects to the underneath side of the bumper cover and to the radiator
Other than those few issues, great write-up!
OK, I did the front bumper cover last night. Did it by myself in about 45 minutes, it's super simple. I have a couple of corrections to the step by step:
1) There are 5 plastic fasteners on each foward fender liner, not six, and three screws per side, not two. The plastic fasteners are in the following locations 2 above the tire holding the front fender liner to the rear, there are 2 near the middle of the liner holding the liner to the wheel well and there is one behind the tire holding the fender liner near the engine at the bottom of the liner. The three screws are on the outside edge of the foward fender liner near the bottom of the bumper cover.
2) The flanged nuts are labled 6 on the diagram, not 5. There are 2 of them per side.
3) You don't need "some screws". Specifically you need N801169S900 : 1 : PACK OF EIGHT SCREWS and W705992S441 : 1 : PACK OF FOUR INSERTS so that you can install 5R3Z-17626-BA : 1 : DEFLECTOR - STONE which connects to the underneath side of the bumper cover and to the radiator
Other than those few issues, great write-up!
Woohoo! I got a sticky.
It seems the place where I host my signature (along with the images in this thread) is down at the moment. I hope no one is trying to understand what's going on without pictures. =O
05-06-2006, 01:03 AM
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RE: How To: Install GT bumpers. Pics included!
I've been waiting for weeks for the parts that mount the radiator to the front facia. I have everything else. Does it hurt to do the swap without adding the deflector?
Partially my fault for the delay. I ordered a rear sway bar and there was obviously a delay.
Partially my fault for the delay. I ordered a rear sway bar and there was obviously a delay.
05-06-2006, 05:30 AM
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RE: How To: Install GT bumpers. Pics included!
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I've been waiting for weeks for the parts that mount the radiator to the front facia. I have everything else. Does it hurt to do the swap without adding the deflector?
Partially my fault for the delay. I ordered a rear sway bar and there was obviously a delay.
I've been waiting for weeks for the parts that mount the radiator to the front facia. I have everything else. Does it hurt to do the swap without adding the deflector?
Partially my fault for the delay. I ordered a rear sway bar and there was obviously a delay.
05-07-2006, 03:31 PM
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RE: How To: Install GT bumpers. Pics included!
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I actually don't have it on right now. We didn't have the right screws for it, so after driving about 1/2 a mile, I noticed it popped loose and started dragging on the floor. Just need to get it back on the ramp some day.
ORIGINAL: amystery2u
I've been waiting for weeks for the parts that mount the radiator to the front facia. I have everything else. Does it hurt to do the swap without adding the deflector?
Partially my fault for the delay. I ordered a rear sway bar and there was obviously a delay.
I've been waiting for weeks for the parts that mount the radiator to the front facia. I have everything else. Does it hurt to do the swap without adding the deflector?
Partially my fault for the delay. I ordered a rear sway bar and there was obviously a delay.
Cool, If my parts don't come this week, I'll do my swap next weekend. Thanks for the quick reply, I would have done mine this weekend but I started wiring up the street scene wiring harness and discovered I didn't have the tool needed drill the hole for the toggle switch. So another trip to Home Depot to donate more $$$ to the project. Oh well, you can never have too many tools.
05-10-2006, 01:13 PM
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RE: How To: Install GT bumpers. Pics included!
About to Remove My v6 vista blue bumper and install my new GT bumper (when FEDEX arrives) "on truck for deilivery", i just HOPE its the right color... but cant wait anylonger to start working on her. so... if everything goes rong im gonna blame you Spartan! only joking, ive been reading ur steps over and over agen so theres nothing that can go rong, thanx again for your helpfull info, ill put pics up when im thru.
Love Paul
Love Paul
05-10-2006, 08:31 PM
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RE: How To: Install GT bumpers. Pics included!
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About to Remove My v6 vista blue bumper and install my new GT bumper (when FEDEX arrives) "on truck for deilivery", i just HOPE its the right color... but cant wait anylonger to start working on her. so... if everything goes rong im gonna blame you Spartan! only joking, ive been reading ur steps over and over agen so theres nothing that can go rong, thanx again for your helpfull info, ill put pics up when im thru.
Love Paul
About to Remove My v6 vista blue bumper and install my new GT bumper (when FEDEX arrives) "on truck for deilivery", i just HOPE its the right color... but cant wait anylonger to start working on her. so... if everything goes rong im gonna blame you Spartan! only joking, ive been reading ur steps over and over agen so theres nothing that can go rong, thanx again for your helpfull info, ill put pics up when im thru.
Love Paul
05-10-2006, 11:58 PM
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RE: How To: Install GT bumpers. Pics included!
I installed them earlier and it looks fantastic, soo pleased, wired the lights too, painting the rockers friday when me paint arrives, ill post pics Very soon
Thanx again
Paul
Thanx again
Paul
05-12-2006, 12:36 AM
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RE: How To: Install GT bumpers. Pics included!
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Rear Bumper Cover:
YL8Z16K262H6 : 1 : PUSHPIN RETAINER - BLACK : $6.00
Rear Bumper Cover:
YL8Z16K262H6 : 1 : PUSHPIN RETAINER - BLACK : $6.00
Any advice on the painting would be appreciated too. I was just gonna tape off the lip very carefully, wetsand it with 600grit (not all the way to the metal, but enough to rough it up a little bit so the primer really sticks), hit it with multiple coats of duplicolor gray primer, then as many coats of duplicolor flat black as it needs until it looks like the rockers (and the chin spoiler that I'm painting more or less the same way). Whaddya think?
Thanks!
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05-12-2006, 11:10 AM
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RE: How To: Install GT bumpers. Pics included!
Firstyly the rear bumper is plastic! but i would use a PLASTIC primer.. read the label and find one that says "use with any topcoat", OR u can use an ADHESIAN(sp?) promoter before u Prime it. Personaly.... i wouldnt do what ur planning, if u want a black bottom lip, buy the street scene rear vallence, i think u will end up with a noticable uneven line other wise... just a friendly warning but do what ya like.
Paul
Paul