Need help with front bumper removal

[I eAt cHeEsE]

I have taken every single bolt that i see on my front bumper but it still doesn't come off. I know the rebar is connected to it. Is there any way to take the front bumper off without hackin the bumper to pieces???

[foofighter]

did u take the 3 nuts on the inside of each wheel well? the liner also holds the bumper in place and there are 2 LARGE bolts that come up through the bottom. good luck

[I eAt cHeEsE]

yep sure did ... i took all those out. And the 2 large bolts your talking about. Are they the ones right behind the 2 side lower grilles?? If yes, i took those off as well.

[foofighter]

u took off the belly pan right?

[Saturnine]

This is something i dont know how to do yet.

[foofighter]

no? i'll show u when you're down here john! LOL

[I eAt cHeEsE]

Originally posted by foofighter
u took off the belly pan right?

if your talking about the black under piece yes i did

[foofighter]

dam i have to look at the car to figure out what eslse you're missing!

[Saturnine]

Well, ill know how to do it by then..

I should have my Kerscher on for the BBQ

Originally posted by foofighter
no? i'll show u when you're down here john! LOL

[I eAt cHeEsE]

is the bumper clipped onto anything by any chance. Because When I looked inside the bumper was connected to the re-bar and I was wonder if I had to unclip something of that sort. So yeah.....

[foofighter]

nope you should unscrew that long ass bolt (2) and yank them out and it should just slide out...perhaps you need to remove the headlights it might be obstructing things

[canadian_driver]

there are two plastic clipy things, there like 90 degree clips on each side, donno how to get em off, when i changed bumper i accedently riped em

[I eAt cHeEsE]

Originally posted by foofighter
nope you should unscrew that long ass bolt (2) and yank them out and it should just slide out...perhaps you need to remove the headlights it might be obstructing things

long ass bolt? where is this long ass bolt located .. i never came up on those bolts. I got everything else and yes i did take off my headlights as well ... that's probably the only thing i'm probably missing.

And i saw those clips that run along the top bumper area. I tried to pry it off but it just wouldn't unclip???

[foofighter]

under the left and right lower vent/fog light grille...pull that out look up! your see it undo that and it'll release the bumper from the rebar...

[I eAt cHeEsE]

hmmmm really ... i removed a different bolt then from the left and right grilles .... i'll check up on that tonight then ... i really need to test fit my front kit already so i can get it painted this saturday!!!!

[foofighter]

you didn't remove a long ass bolt???? that's truly what's holding it to the rebar...

[I eAt cHeEsE]

so the re-bar comes off with the bumper????

[foofighter]

yup it's attached to it

[Imperial]

Originally posted by foofighter
you didn't remove a long ass bolt???? that's truly what's holding it to the rebar...

wow, striking how much that looks like the next-gen Audi's with the single radiator grille, no?

[I eAt cHeEsE]

Originally posted by foofighter
yup it's attached to it

gotcha .. so the 2 long bolts that i gotta take off are the ones that are holding the re-bar on those 2 arms as i can see on your picture correct??

[foofighter]

yup

[I eAt cHeEsE]

ok another question .. Rear bumper this time. I really don't know where to start. Most likely, like on MKIV VW, there is at least 1 bolt under each tail lamp. Problem is I can't even take off the tail lamps. Any suggestions on where to start???

[hyperspeed]

take off tail lamps by opening trunk and popping out the hole. thers a screwhole behind the carpeting

[canadian_driver]

can someone post a DIY with pics of how to take off the front bumper?

[I eAt cHeEsE]

Originally posted by hyperspeed
take off tail lamps by opening trunk and popping out the hole. thers a screwhole behind the carpeting

i tried that but those stupid tails wouldn't come off ... so the tails are only held down by that 1 bolt on each side???

[foofighter]

yes and there's basically a ball socket that the tail light assembly fits into you have to be forceful but not too crazy or you'll break off the ball...i have a pic of the tail light removal for the avant similar to the sedan lemme find it.

[foofighter]

you'll see the ball and the top portion of the pic attached to the tailight...the way it comes out is a pull outwards (away from the car) and pulling action...

[I eAt cHeEsE]

thanks a whole lot foo! I would have never known that an Audi would be a lot harder to work on than a VduB! Again thanks!

[foofighter]

haha yah i had a little adjustment time as well when i moved over to Audi but with a little monkey curiousity everyone should be able to figure it out.