I have a 96 max. If you can help me I'd appreciate it. I've taken off every screw and bolt visible and it still won't come off. The other question I have is how do you take off the front nissan emblem? I can see those screws but there isn't any room for a screw driver to fit in the area to unscrew the emblem.
I've searched and not found a thing. So if you find one give me a link.
Thanks.

 

There are 3 bolts/nuts on each side by the fender. You can only get to them from the bottom of the car. You shold able to see them when you take off the bottom splash shields.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....threadid=72447

 

1MAX2NV should have answered your question about the bumper removal.

To remove the front grille, Nissan uses a few plastic clips that hold the grile in place. You need a flathead screwdriver and turn the clp center halfway untl the clip contracts. Do t for all the clips, and you should be able to remove your grille.

If you remove the front Nissan emblem, you will have a hole in the center where the cscrews for the emblem go on ... the honeycomb grille is actually molded to be somewhat solid behind the emblem ...

The details are a bit sketchy, so I could be wrong, sorry. All this from memory. Someone else might be able to help you, also go look at your grille in detail, hopefully you'll see where the grille attaches to the front and you can pinpoint the clip locations.