anyone have pics or how too, or words of wisdom or encouragement...

i want to have my bumper repainted, and dont want to take the car to shop and leave it there for 3 days and run the risk of them messing something else up....

 

ok, have the instructions, will still consider any of the words of wisdom or encouragement and dos and donts....

thanks guys

 

I am looking to replace the grille on my 09 TL Tech, could you post the instructions you have on how to remove the grille, possibly? Did it work out for you fairly easy? Thanks.

 

Correction, I meant bumper in my previous post, sorry.

 

http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/AI/BII42529.pdf

 

if your in cali, i can do it for you no problem

 

Link will not let me view page.

 

its not hard, just keep pulling on the sides, it will pop off if you have all the clips off, dont be scared.

 

worked when i put it up there, now it doesnt...hmmmm

 

http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/AI/BII42529.pdf

here it is again....it works, i just tried it, i wonder if it times out, the link further up the post works again too...i found this in the service dept...

 

Link doesn't work for me.

 

Odd it works now.

 

It says I'm not authorized to see the link.

 

i am not authorized either

 

Somewhere on the forum there is a pdf file that contains the instructions for removing the front bumper and replacing the grill. I looked but was unable to find it. Maybe Petec or Gunner X know the location. I'll look again later. You'll need the instructions.

I'm a mechanical klutz but with the instructions I was able to remove and reinstall the bumper and grill and If I can do it anybody can. My car is a 2010 and from my experience I would rent a car for a couple of days rather than driving a bumperless TL around for a couple of days. A lot of stuff comes off the car with the bumper and your engine is somewhat exposed.

Btw, there was some stuff about removing the bumper on an 08 on you tube that helped a lot.