1cleanG

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I went off of jarborn1's DIY, but I thought I would do an actual photo step by step thread.


1. Open the Hood.
2. Remove clips on top of bumper. They simply pop straight up with a flat head screw driver(the center of them comes out a bit, and then the "housing" of them comes out as a whole). You DO NOT need to remove the radiator cover.
(A in the photo from the Infiniti Site)



3. Then remove the first 3 or 4 pegs holding the seal around the outter edge of the engine bay. There are rubber pegs that simply come out w/ a flathead or a tool. This allows access to the bumper bracket.


4. Next remove the screw from the bumper bracket (10mm). You'll see that all that is holding it in place is a piece of plastic. The bracket itself slides right out.(black screw on silver plate in photo)
(NOTE FOR REINSTALLATION: be careful with reassembling the bumper bracket, it screws into plastic, and it will break if overtightened)


5. That's it for under the hood. Next remove all of the screws underneath the car just as you did on the top of the bumper(under the hood). There are bolts(10mm) all along the edge of the bumper holding it to the under engine cover. (A in the photo below from the Infiniti Site)




6. There is one more screw holding the bumper on, and this is the hardest one to access. Simply stick a flat head screw driver in to pry the plastic liner toward the tire. This will give you access to the one screw(again 10mm) on each side. Once removed all of the hardware has been removed on the driver side, proceed to do steps 6&7 to remove the passanger side. (the screw goes VERTICAL as in the photo)



8. Once the passanger side is also done, the rest of the bumper simply pops off. go from one side to the other slowly pulling the bumper away from the car and it will be released from the car.

Now go get a sick bumper and do the reverse steps and mount it up!

BooSa37

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Oh snap finally another color, we only see black & white with Ts,Ait lips. Not wash the car lol

BooSa37

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Wait!! Your car is black but the bumper looks to be blue slate?

RaulGCustom

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you can actually also do it without jacking up or removing the tires. To access the bolts on either side of the bumper, just turn the wheels until they lock, another easy and quicker way to do it.

Doggy

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You got diesel dougs bumper?

amf25

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be careful with reassembling the bumper bracket screw in pic 3, screws into plastic... will break if overtightened

1cleanG

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LMAO!!!!! Yes. I'm only installing it so I can see if i can get down my driveway tomorrow. My wheels will not be in for another month so I'm borrowing a buddies. The bumper is actually for sale in the FS thread.

this is also noted in the DIY, but thanks for clarifying :-)



yes indeedy. Its currently for sale in the FS threads too!

Djfarhan

sticky status!

soolman32

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Good job on your contribution Lance!

myk1013

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Thanks for the post! Very helpful!

tWistedMissiOn

Great post. So you have the LEDs on the vents? how do you connect them to work? i wanted to do that too.

1cleanG

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BUMP for YOU KNOW WHO!

huwee06

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thanks for the write up but you should really circle or highlight the hardwares that are being need to removed.

1cleanG

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Figured if Diego could figure it out from this, anyone can haha, JK bro, ya know i got love for ya

hoofhearted

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Thanks for your help. The most trouble I had was putting the small push-pins back into the fender liner for some stupid reason . I definitely recommend using towels to protect your paint when putting the bumper back in place.