removing front bumper
 

as it states. My front mount is arriving tomorrow and would like to clarify where and how many screws are needed to take off the bumper

Good Question I bet there is a DIY somewhere. Or if you can find a pic of a front thats yanked off you can prob tell. I will try to look into it as well and if I find anything I will post it up

Lift the front end of the car and support on stands.
Remove the front wheels.
Remove the fowards under-tray.
Remove the forward halves of the front wheel arch liners.
Unscrew the small down-facing Torx screw at each top rear corner of the bumper.
Gently pry inwards the rear end of the U-shaped steel channel that holds the fender and bumper flanges together.
Pull the channel rearwards to disengage the lugs from the diagonal slots at the forward end, and remove the channels.
Disconnect the external air temp sensor in the bottom left air intake.
Disconnect the parking sensors connector at the right rear corner. You need to open the lever lock and pull hard without damaging the wiring.
Open the hood and remove two bolts on top of the bumper, next to the inner headlamp mountings.
Remove two nuts in lower grille - vertically beneath above bolts.
If its your first time, get a friend and pull the bumper forwards very slowly and gently, avoiding scratching the fenders.
The bumper is surprisingly light.

It will take about an hour.

Nick

Thanks man great info, do you have any pics?

thanks man. intercooler just arrived. its quite large. this will be interesting. lol

and also wondering for those CL guys that did install front mounts. ow where the mounting tabs flat or 90* coming off the intercooler itself?

do you mean heat exchanger?

I happen to have the bumper out at the moment. I'll see what I can do.

Nick

yes.

mine is 30" wide, if measuring the mounting tabs 36". pretty sure i cant fit it at this point with the tabs that are welded on.

Probably not much of a difference between our cars since they are both black, but I was able to do my heat exchange WITHOUT removing the bumper. I was able to remove the mesh inserts, the bottom belly pan plastic to get all the access I needed. My tabs aimed towards the front of the car. I was able to relocate the oil cooler foward and with short little brackets by removing the old brackets and utilizing the bolt holes for the heat exchange and the oil cooler.

This any help

perfect! thanks

old post but i need to know what you call the U-shaped steel channel that holds the fender and bumper flanges together. i just picked up a 2002 CL500 and those are missing so the front end looks like its about to fall off.

and does anyone know where i can get them?