HELP! Anyone that has removed the front bumper before!!!

[Wolfman213]

I'm am trying to hurry up and remove the front bumper so I can get my headlamps out to get them painted for the projector retrofit.My question: How do you remove the 3 middle screw type holders on the top of the bottom? I have already trashed the middle one but still haven't been able to get it out and would like to know that porper way for the others at least.

[Wolfman213]

Well, I decided to use the way the I know best, destruction. I tore up the screw rivots just buy some new ones at autozone.

[Amtron]

I'm kinda late on this one, but got to matrixowners.com and there is a how to for it on the big how to list on their home page.

[Amtron]

And good on ya for getting your projectors in...I still haven't put mine in, it's too damn cold here.

[Wolfman213]

I'm fighting the headlamps right now. Keith was right, they are the biggest pain in the a$$!!! I know he's a pro at it now, but wow the first time is hell!!!

[Amtron]

Quote, originally posted by Wolfman213 »I'm fighting the headlamps right now. Keith was right, they are the biggest pain in the a$$!!! I know he's a pro at it now, but wow the first time is hell!!!I'm totally not looking forward to doing mine...:S

[lowincash]

haha cool can't wait to see how it comes out. i never have the balls to tackle this task myself lol i guess i'm lazy or just don't want to screw up anything. but yeah when i removed my bumper i messed up quite a few of those screws...gotta get new ones from dealer later lol

[Wolfman213]

I ended up tearing them all out. I was going to use the first one as a reference to determine how they work, but after I got it out of there, it was in no shape to learn from. I'm thinking about just getting the normal rivots to put in there. I don't see what the difference would be. Just finished separating the last headlamp and taking them to get painted right now!!! Totally excited.