rear bumper

[rubjonny]

Yeah only had the problem with one, the other 3 were well stuck in there

[action al]

There are 3 self tapping bolts with a 8mm (I think) sized hex head on the under side of the actual bumper. 1 attaching the bumper to the trailing edge of each arch and 1 just beside the exhaust recess, on the offside of the exhaust!
use a 17mm socket on the 4 bolts underneath (2 either side) you may have to move the exhaust for 2 of them!
Once these are all undone you slide the bumper off.
In true Haynes style refitting is the reversal of removal. But you may need to fish around to get the holes to line up.

[rubjonny]

Is that for big bumper models then?  Deffo no other bolts apart from the 4 main ones on the small bumper models.

[Judderi]

Yes big bumper.

[Mk2Stocker]

I had a nightmare removing the towbar from my 1991 16v...I thought it was going to be simple but the capture nut on the left frame spar inside the body came adrift and I needed to get my blacksmith mate to bring a stick welder round to hold it in place before I could undo it.
And the towbar the first owner of the car had fitted was like a steel RSJ running the whole width of the car inside the plastic bumper shell. It weighed a ton as well ? mpg has gone up massively since I ditched it ? which is nice.
Still waiting for the cash to mount up before I can get a new rear bumper and then get it sprayed up and praying no one runs in the back of the car or it will be an instant write off!!!!
Took two of us most of a weekend to sort it out ? fiddliest and most painful job I've ever done on a car

Hope you have better luck

[Judderi]

I too had a nightmare removing a tow bar once. it was bolted right through the boot to the underside on a volvo. Me and a mate both were armed with socked wrenches and he turned the top while i held the bottom. The only problem was he had a nice 1m long wrench and i had a silly little standard wrench. i nearly lost all my fingers when he started turning!