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Posted by: whitey Sep 24 2007, 10:18 PM

I don't have a rack to get my car up on. Call me dumb...I can't figure out how to remove the front bumper...Help

Thanks, Dave

Posted by: John Sep 24 2007, 10:22 PM

If it's an early car, jack the front end up and put it on stands. Remove the front wheels. In the wheel wells, there will be 2 bolts on each side that hold the front bumper on. Remove the bolts and the bumper will come off.

Later cars 75-76 are different. I don't know them.

Posted by: whitey Sep 24 2007, 10:26 PM

Thanks, that makes sense.

Dave

Posted by: Trevorg7 Sep 24 2007, 10:27 PM

I've taken mine off with out jacking it up. Do one side at a time and turn the front wheels to access the nuts.

Good luck.

T

Posted by: Goober Sep 24 2007, 10:48 PM

Easy to do...

Posted by: bigkensteele Sep 24 2007, 11:07 PM

Related HiJack

Does anyone have a method or trick to locate where the holes should be drilled when backdating a car from late bumpers to early? Are there still stampings on the sheetmetal where the early holes were on the later cars?

I have all the parts ready and waiting. All I need now is the time and advice on where to drill.

Thanks,
Ken

Posted by: Rand Sep 25 2007, 01:02 AM

Yup. I backdated mine without jacking or removing wheels.



There are standard locations. Maybe someone will post those. With my car and bumpers, I needed to mark my own... I put heavy paper tape over the areas the holes needed to go, then lined up my new bumper and pressed it against the car. The studs marked the paper tape and I drilled there. Pulled off the tape and the bumper went right in. But my fiberglass bumpers have studs... Don't know what yours are like. Didn't take a pic when I did the front, but you can see the tape/marks in this shot of the rear...


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Posted by: Blood red 914-6gt Sep 25 2007, 01:08 AM

Why not? everyone else does

Posted by: Chuck Sep 25 2007, 10:07 AM

And if the bolts are pretty rusted, as is most likely the case, be careful when removing them as they are likely to break before turning loose. It is cramped in the wheel well and your fingers can and will smack into things and break when that bolt snaps off. Ask me how I know.

On a more serious note, you may need to poke around in there with a light and a screwdriver to remove undercoating before locating the bolts. It also helps if you put some jackstands under the bumper or have a helper support it while removing the bolts so that they don't bind.

Posted by: rigglet Sep 25 2007, 01:29 PM

Related to this topic...

Anyone have pictures of the front of their car with the bumpers removed. I have a rust problem where my bumpers bolt to the car (early bumpers on an early car). I will need to fabricate some sheet metal to replace this as well as new bumper supports, but it's in pretty bad shape and I don't know what it looked like prior to the rust.

Thanks all!

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Sep 25 2007, 01:37 PM

Craig, Boxstr (SP?)(camp 914) had a real nice write up on this, I...I see a PM in your future.

Posted by: boxstr Sep 25 2007, 09:23 PM

Okay here come some pics of the front and rear bumper holes.
Use studs on your chrome bumpers. Get threaded studs for them rather than use bolts. It is so much easier to install the bumpers.
Use the dogbones as a measuring guide for the distance between the top and bottom holes. This goes for the front and rear.


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Posted by: boxstr Sep 25 2007, 09:26 PM

Here are somemore...


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Posted by: boxstr Sep 25 2007, 09:27 PM

Okay that should do it for tonights lesson.
CCLINWELCOMEBACKKOTTER

Posted by: rigglet Sep 26 2007, 05:14 AM

That is exactly what I needed! Thanks boxstr!!

Posted by: tommyj Jun 25 2022, 03:53 PM

Thank you for the post . It might be old but it just helped a guy out who was trying to adjust the pull for the front trunk and tighten it with slack in the cable.. probably not alone !!! Thanks

Posted by: Montreal914 Jun 26 2022, 11:22 AM

Excellent idea! Thank you for the tip!

Posted by: 914sgofast2 Jun 26 2022, 09:38 PM

Do yourself a big favor and install studs in the front bumper instead of using bolts. It makes removing/reinstalling the front bumper a one person job. You can use the same size studs as are used in the cylinder heads to hold the exhaust manifolds to the heads.Best thing I ever did.