Thank-you for this. I just watched the other bumper off video and I'm glad you took the trouble to put this up. I have exactly the same problem after some flooding here (although I also had to replace one of the radiator fans).
Glad to help! Same here. I think every single video I watched too said that there was no way around removing the bumper to get that fog light out and I thought to myself "no way am I doing that" ha.
Just what I wanted to see. Someone had said it was possible but I had my doubts. Just to be clear, it's only the forward wheel shroud needing to come off?
Technically, yes. The four torx screws that are in the bottom of that shroud are the ones for the belly pan. So you could either leave the belly pan slid into the bumper just hanging there (if memory serves that's what I did) or you could take it all the way out. In that case, that would be two things removed. One other thought: The main reason I removed the wheel was for better camera angles. Not sure if this will work, but you might be able to get away leaving it on if you wanted to try to streamline the process even further.
For just the bulbs you definitely don't have to remove the bumper. I think the bumper has to come off if you're removing the entire headlight assembly though. I know some people say that, to replace the driver side headlight bulb, you have to jack the car up, remove the fender cowlings and go at it from underneath, but I've done it without going through that (granted I did have to contort my hand pretty severely to get it). Also, removing the top of the fuse box gives you a little extra room for your hand.
(sorry if you got a notification that I disliked your comment, I clicked the dislike totally by accident. then I unclicked it right away and clicked the like button. oops)
Thank-you for this. I just watched the other bumper off video and I'm glad you took the trouble to put this up. I have exactly the same problem after some flooding here (although I also had to replace one of the radiator fans).
Glad to help! Same here. I think every single video I watched too said that there was no way around removing the bumper to get that fog light out and I thought to myself "no way am I doing that" ha.
Thank you very much for put it up here. Very helpful, now I can make myself ready to get it done.
Happy that it helped!
Just what I wanted to see. Someone had said it was possible but I had my doubts. Just to be clear, it's only the forward wheel shroud needing to come off?
Technically, yes. The four torx screws that are in the bottom of that shroud are the ones for the belly pan. So you could either leave the belly pan slid into the bumper just hanging there (if memory serves that's what I did) or you could take it all the way out. In that case, that would be two things removed.
One other thought: The main reason I removed the wheel was for better camera angles. Not sure if this will work, but you might be able to get away leaving it on if you wanted to try to streamline the process even further.
What about headlight bulbs replacement?
For just the bulbs you definitely don't have to remove the bumper. I think the bumper has to come off if you're removing the entire headlight assembly though. I know some people say that, to replace the driver side headlight bulb, you have to jack the car up, remove the fender cowlings and go at it from underneath, but I've done it without going through that (granted I did have to contort my hand pretty severely to get it). Also, removing the top of the fuse box gives you a little extra room for your hand.
(sorry if you got a notification that I disliked your comment, I clicked the dislike totally by accident. then I unclicked it right away and clicked the like button. oops)