Anyone know how to remove 928 S4 Rear bumper cover??
09-26-2010, 04:06 PM
#17
Okay, just replaced passenger side beading on mine. Here are my observations;
1. I thought I did a good job cleaning under the wheel wells, etc. I was wrong. I am embarrassed by the amount of dirt caked up by the gas cap.
2. Removing the rear wheels will make this easier. You can do it with the wheels on, but I recommend you take them off.
3. The top nut on the passenger side is a real bitch. I had to remove the boot around the gas cap and go in that way. It also took every combination of u-drive, extension and wobble joint in my tool box. See picture. The driver side is a piece of cake, in comparison.
4. The nuts were so rusted, that I sheared off four of the studs during removal. This is AFTER I sheared two and soaked the rest with PB blaster. Two more still sheared off. Soak with PB blaster over night to try to prevent this, because the studs are a part of a backplate, not something you can pick up at your local hardware store. I had to get creative, and not for the first time I wished I could weld, so I could have spot welded some replacement bolts to the back plates. The irony is that these are all ny-lock bolts, which were kind of unnecessary as it turns out in the long run.
5. Replacing the missing bead on one side, which was barely noticeable, was probably not worth this effort. I should have waited until I had to drop the gas tank for some reason.
6. I wish there was an easy way to plug the holes if I removed the bumperettes. It would look so nice without them. I’ve seen threads about this, but nothing that seems like a home run solution, other than buying a euro clip.
1. I thought I did a good job cleaning under the wheel wells, etc. I was wrong. I am embarrassed by the amount of dirt caked up by the gas cap.
2. Removing the rear wheels will make this easier. You can do it with the wheels on, but I recommend you take them off.
3. The top nut on the passenger side is a real bitch. I had to remove the boot around the gas cap and go in that way. It also took every combination of u-drive, extension and wobble joint in my tool box. See picture. The driver side is a piece of cake, in comparison.
4. The nuts were so rusted, that I sheared off four of the studs during removal. This is AFTER I sheared two and soaked the rest with PB blaster. Two more still sheared off. Soak with PB blaster over night to try to prevent this, because the studs are a part of a backplate, not something you can pick up at your local hardware store. I had to get creative, and not for the first time I wished I could weld, so I could have spot welded some replacement bolts to the back plates. The irony is that these are all ny-lock bolts, which were kind of unnecessary as it turns out in the long run.
5. Replacing the missing bead on one side, which was barely noticeable, was probably not worth this effort. I should have waited until I had to drop the gas tank for some reason.
6. I wish there was an easy way to plug the holes if I removed the bumperettes. It would look so nice without them. I’ve seen threads about this, but nothing that seems like a home run solution, other than buying a euro clip.
