Hey guys, i need help on taking off the rear bumper cover. Someone hit my car!!! When i was walking to it after watching 007, it was f****d up. I had it quoted from three shops and the cheapest one is $1,280!!! i looked at the quote and all that they're replacing is the rear bumper cover plus painting labor removal and installation labor. I think its too expensive. I looked on ebay and found i can get the rear bumper cover painted already for 234.00 shipped. They also smashed my passenger side Red/Clear CE tails. So i gotta order those again.

So any help would be great. Like instructions on taking it out and tools that i may need.

Here are the pics.









The rear passenger quarter panel doesn't seem to have any bents or dings. Some small scratches.

Thanks in advance!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

 

Man that sucks, did you ask the movie theaters if the have any security cameras? if not, id do that right away.

 

i swear to god shops are such a f*cking rip off. im glad your taking the effort to do it yourself because its really not hard. I dont remember exactly, but your gonna have to get behind the interior trunk plastic wall panels. There are 3 or 4 bolts in a vertical row on each side of the bumper cover where it attaches to the rear quarter panel. (just look for it, its simple)
and then i believe there are screws under the bumper cover on the bottom attaching to the bumper support bar. and there are some under a plastic strip where the trunk lid meets the bumper cover.
if you look for them, you can find them...its pretty straight forward

 

i did, they sent the copy to the police and they're getting information about it. They called me that its a black toyota tacoma. He backed up on my car. They'll question him tomorrow after thanksgiving that's what they told me. I want to repair it myself so if they give me a check, I'll fix it and use the extra dough to upgrade my exhaust. Hehe.

 

THANKS BRO... I'll take a look on it tomorrow. I appreciate your help.

 

np, glad that they found out who did it. I get tired of hearing all these horror stories where peoples sh*T gets all fuxxed up and nobody can do anything about it.

 

 

yeah except you dont need to take out the reinforcement..obviously

 

hey thanks man! I really appreciate that. That'll even make it easier for me.

 

Can someone please give me or direct me to some instructions for removing/replacing my front bumper cover on a 1997 SE.

 

that does suck but nice looking tailights