I had a little accident and I need a new bumper. The ones on ebay don't look like they go to my 2000. Will an 02-03 fit? Will the headlights be an issue or are they the same?

This one says it's for a 2000, but the fog light holes are square.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-F...95626120QQrdZ1

This says it's for an 02-03, but it looks like it's for a 2000...notice the curves aren't sharp on the edges.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-F...95152370QQrdZ1

Please help. I need to get this done soon, but I don't want to buy the wrong thing.
Thanks.

 

the first one looks like a 4th gen and the last is a 5.5 gen...i think there will be a gap by your headlights if you get the 5.5 gen bumper though, so i would keep looking...

 

first one looks more like a 2000 altima.

 

If you happen to find rear bumpers at a decent price let me know. Mine was scratched up by the previous owner and I'd like to replace it.

 

look on the FS forum they might have some there

 

you beat me to it

 

I look on FS forum and no luck...

There are some rear bumpers on ebay... search: nissan maxima bumper and voila...

I dug a little deeper and found one that should work... thanks for the help...

now, how hard is it to swap out a bumper and should I be looking for the airbag modules. I sure don't want to set those off.

 

do u just need to take off the bumper cover or the whole entire bumper? cause i took off my bumper on my 2k3 and it wasnt hard but just had to try differnt nuts and finally got it off but when i installed it back on i tighten 1 screw too tight and it ripped off the whole stud so becarful when u do it

 

I think I only have to tkae off the cover. I hit something with the car and I wanted to wait til it was all off to see what I had to do. Not gonna be a fun thing to do.

 

its not hard to take it off but first u would need to take off ur trunk liner and remove some bolts

 

trunk liner?? I am redoing the front bumper...

 

o lol....den ur on ur own....i thought u meant rear bumper thats why.....but yea sry i cant help in that section

 

Thanks anyway... It should be ok. I was just looking for pointers...

 

i had a dent in mine, and i took it off to try and bend it back out. it sort of worked. you will need to take out the black pins in your engine bay that connect the top of the bumper by the headlighs. i beleive there are 5. you will have to take out all the clips in your tire wells. you will have to take out all the clips on the bottom, where the bumper lip connects to the bottom liner. you will have to unscrew 3 screwes per tire well that hold the bulk of the bumper. you will need to disconnect the fog light and side-marker harness. it is really easy to take the bumper off, just have sombody hold it when you take the last screws out in your tire wells.

 

Thanks a ton... I will have to do that once my bumper arrives.

 

when you do get your ebay bumper, tell us how the quality is. i'm looking to get a new bumper and would like to get a good quality one for a nice price, ebay has them for really cheap. good luck.

 

I got it today... will unwrap it tomorrow and let you know the quality. It felt sturdy when I took it inside after UPS dropped it off. Watch out on Ebay, there are some places that are selling the bumpers that aren't even for our cars. Scary.

 

How's the quality of the bumper? Have you had a chance to get it mounted to test how well everything lines up? I got to replace my bumper, but the body shop wants over $800 to replace and paint the front bumper cover.

 

Hey man, I'm telling you straight up. DON'T BUY from Pershing Auto. I was visiting in Clinton Ill. and wanted to inquire about a front fender for my car that they were selling. I never got ahold of them and then when I finally moved to Hawaii they said they were ready to ship it out. 3 weeks went by and no fender. I called them up and they said they haven't even shipped it. Maybe its because I'm on a rock in a pond but I told them the hell with it and they can keep it.