Editing Panel Removal (section)

==The Rear Bumper==

The bumper is held on by the following fasteners in the following locations: Three 10mm bolts on passenger's side, two 10mm bolts on driver's side, four 12mm bolts in boot, and four 10mm hex head screws on guard lips.

[[image:Bumper_rear1.jpg]]

Passenger's side covers the air vent.  Bolt holes marked here in yellow.  Just before you put the bumper back on, be sure to put some neutral cure RTV around these bolt holes so water can't get in.  The boot wells have no drain, so it's important not to get them wet.

[[image:Bumper_rear2.jpg]]

These rubber plugs in the boot cover the 12mm bolts:

[[image:Bumper_rear3.jpg]]

To get to the 10mm bolts on the sides, you need to remove the boot well trim.  On the passenger's side you may also need to remove the jack holder (two 12mm nuts on top, two 12mm bolts with rubber seal on bottom accessed from behind muffler):

[[image:Bumper_rear4.jpg]]

When you put the bumper back on, start the fasteners in their threads but don't tighten any of them up until everything is in, because you'll need to jiggle things around a bit to make holes line up.  (This applies to so much in life...)