does anyone know with certainy if a 97 OB wagon front bumper cover would fit on my 96 OB wagon?

guy wants 150...seems steep...going to offer 100 including the fog lites (which I need also)

 

and how do you take these off without breaking whatever clips are holding it

Edited April 12, 200916 yr by bgambino
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The bumper covers and lights will interchange.

 

And I realize trying to save a buck.

 

But locally that junk bumper cover goes for 150, then 50-65 for each fog light, more if you need the holder as well.

 

150 is sounding fair.

bgambino,

I've had no reason to ever remove the bumper covers on any of the OBW's that I've owned, but in the restoration shop where I work I have done dozens of makes over the years, and they're all pretty much the same.

 

Typically, along the top and along the bottom of the cover will be push plugs that go through the plastic cover and into the metal or plastic bumper frame underneath and expand. Some plugs simply have fins that spread out and grip when pushed through the securing hole. These type are simply pried out with a screwdriver or such. The second type are a two piece plug. The larger part of the plug fits through the mounting hole and then its centre portion is pushed in till it bottoms and expands the larger portion into gripping. This type are removed by lifting the centre portion a half inch until the entire plug pulls out of the hole. Some of these type have a centre portion that a Phillips screwdriver fits. These require a quarter turn anticlockwise until they pop up, then the entire plug is pried out.

 

To get to the plugs along the top of the bumper cover requires the headlights and the grill to be removed from the car. The plugs on the bottom of the cover are all visible, but the lower splash panel may have to be removed first, if the car is so equipped.

 

The only other fasteners will be 1 or more 10 mm bolts that are along the seam between the bumper cover and the front fender, in between the wheel opening and the headlight.

 

Once all of the fasteners are removed the bumper cover simply pulls off straight forward. Good Luck!