350i 1987

[tcpc]

hi,

can any one tell me how to take the front bumper and front spoiler off the front off my 350,

ive had a look and can not seem to find where the fixing are located.

thanks
Tony

[danny hoffman]

Mine is held on by self tapping screws and I think there were a few nuts and bolts

Danny

[gf350]

Spoiler is held on by 4 captive bolts accesible from the inside of the headlight pod area.
You should be able to get to them through the circular hole under the headlight motor, one is at the front other on the side towards the front wheel.
Once the spoiler is off you should be able to see the two big bolts holding the front bumper on (in front of the rad).
The bolts for the bumper should be ok but the front spoiler ones may be a bit rusty.
Gareth.

[wedg1e]

Think yourself lucky it's not an early Tasmin: the bumper was held by three bolts into nuts that were glassed into the shell. There was one behind each indicator and one right in the centre. Needless to say the bolts would rust into the nuts, and when you tried to turn them it ripped the nuts out of the GRP, so you were properly shafted. The outer ones weren't too bad, you could whip out the pods and glass in some new nuts once you'd ground the old ones out, but the centre one was a 2@ to get at.
Spoilers seem to be held by a mixture of self-tappers and nuts'n'bolts, some accessible from below, some from in the pod recesses. Depends on what the workers could lay their hands on!

Ian

[tcpc]

thankyou all

tony

[york33]

wedg1e said: Think yourself lucky it's not an early Tasmin: the bumper was held by three bolts into nuts that were glassed into the shell. There was one behind each indicator and one right in the centre. Needless to say the bolts would rust into the nuts, and when you tried to turn them it ripped the nuts out of the GRP, so you were properly shafted. The outer ones weren't too bad, you could whip out the pods and glass in some new nuts once you'd ground the old ones out, but the centre one was a 2@ to get at.
Spoilers seem to be held by a mixture of self-tappers and nuts'n'bolts, some accessible from below, some from in the pod recesses. Depends on what the workers could lay their hands on!

Ian

If you're lucky enough to have one like Ian describes above then I liked the option of removing the bonnet. Makes for fairly easy access to the centre one and an ideal opportunity for a fluids change

An alternative but less recommended method is to select first instead of reverse and drive into your house. This can cause ones bumper to fall off easily Although you may have a small amount of fibreglass to repair round the bolt holes! Ooops

cheers
Dave