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hi guys, ryt i have a 1996 corsa sport. first car. i wana remove the black archs and black bit on the back and front bumpers and colour code them. how do i remove them??
and are they connected to the actuall bumper or do the black bits themselfs cum of??

ive undon a few screws on the front black bit, bt still having no luck

hi fella all the arch trims come off they have bolts that clip to the back of them and mount to the wings etc using little plastic nuts 10mm i think, as for the bumpers there all in 1 so it would mean taking the bumpers off and painting it all to make it look right as it would most likely look pants if you just masked and painted the black bits, id get youself a haynes manual to show how to take it all off its easier then people trying to explain it to ya and stops alot of head scratching hope this helps

fnx very much mate sunds gd

keep an eye on my project log ~(the corsa panda car!) as i'm painting the middle bits on mine! You'll get an idea how to do it then!

i removed the back bumper and arches the morning, i cnt get the front bumper of arches off yet

ok, the front bumper is held on by two bolts by the grille and 3 bolts underneath. Then move to the front arches. Prob best to take off each wheel to make it easier.

Now the arches are attahced like the rear one's with bolts/nuts through the plastic under arch. The final nut/bolt is under a plastic flap at the front of the inner arch. Undoing this should result in the arches and bumper coming off.

Little tip keep the two bolts near grille on until last other wise your bumper will fall and hit the floor.

Hope this helps
Matt

I took mine off yesterday to fit a new bumper (rear) now discoverd that the screws are all knackerd and the plastic bits holding them in are broken not good!... on the plus side i sprayed em black while they was on the car n it looks decent !!

okay i have got the bumpers off without breaking them, broke all the archs off haha

coz the screws wer al rusty n the plastic clips holding the screws wer bit rotten, so duno how to get the archs bk on :L

super glue?? :L

god damn....i did this last year without haynes manual and with no help after i crashed the car on dual-carriageway. neva touched a car mechanically really b4 that and found it a piece of cake! corsa's are probs the easiest cars in the world to maintain cos all u need is a bit of common sense and some idea of part names. i had to find out names like bumper reinforcement bars and crumple cans etc etc. now that suked...didnt even think to go ask for help lol.
but i guess some of us are just dab handed at these kinda things. i had to do all the work in the car park at my uni campus aswell with minimal tools wat i bought/borrowed! most people thought the car was write off when it came back on flatbed...but all i saw was my beauty in need of a "bit" of TLC

looks naked!! and btw those emergency jacks are useless mate...u wanna get a trolley jack!

my car is naked :O lol

aye ino mate, soo ive been told, and 1 broke on me lol

i was just using it 2 get the screw things off

sort out tht rust on the rear bumper too before it gets too bad!

Araldite the bolts back into the arches. Then they should be nice and tight.

MattyB wrote:Araldite the bolts back into the arches. Then they should be nice and tight.

whats that mate??