Im goinin' to be getting my side skirts and the black plastic skirts on the rear bumper colour coded soon so to keep my car on the road i said i'd remove them to be painted. I've looked at the side skirts and they seem simple to remove (just srewed on?) but the ones on the rear bumper appear to be harder. From what i can see the bumper has to come off to get at the screws/bolts. Is this so????

Any help or advice whould be a great help .

Cheers,

Tony.

 

I had exactly the same problem and couldnt get them off either. In the end they were painted on the car so i got the mirrors done aswell why the car was there, go for that mate its well better! Problem is, now i want the door handles doing aswell.

 

The cars a Jap import so the mirrors are already done . Just didn't want the inconvenience of not havin' a car . Anybody got any suggestions?

Tony.

 

Tony, i made the same inquiry a while ago and was told by a number of people to get them painted 'on the car'
i was told that they can be absolute bsdrds to put back on the car because of the clips that hold them on....
Rob

 

When I had mine done, I couldnt get them off either. If you remove the rear bumper skin you can get to them, but as the bumper was off they just resprayed them on the bumper.

Hope this helps.
S

 

Tony,

You can get them off without removing the bumper. If you look underneath you'll see a screw (I think it is) securing the bumper to the chassis leg. If you remove that you'll find that the bumper skirt flexes enough to get your hand in and remove the fixings. You really need small hands and it's a bit fiddly but it can be done - I did mine which is a MY98 but I don't think that yours should be any different. Good luck.

Raymond.

 

Cheers guys,

I'll give what you suggested a go Raymond, i'll probably make a mess of it though !

Tony.