For those who have the 03-08 vibes, I believe all of them have this vertical bar/support below the hood latch that goes to the lower radiator support. It also holds the hood latch. Mine was broken, and my hood would lightly bounce at highway speeds, not to mention the hood didn't seem to want to close all the way down.
What should have been a simple job to replace it while doing an oil change ended up with me snapping the head off of both the topmost and bottom bolts for that vertical bracket. The center bolt came out. The bottom bolt I have drilled out. Even though I can remove the hood latch, I don't seem to be able to drill out the top bolt without having to remove the bumper as well. In an attempt to remove the grills at least, the two screws with rubber bumpers on either side of the top grill became stripped out as well. So now I have two bolts broken in the holes, two stripped screws I'm going to have to grind down, and a lot of swearing and hours of work that should have been a 10-20 minute job.
Oh yes, and now my hood won't latch so there's a bungie cord holding it down now.
Any suggestions on how I can get that broken bolt out behind the latch? The two screws in the bumper?