[A4] Removing a 1999 A4 Avant rear bumper

[Kent McLean]

Richard van der Hoff wrote:
 > I can only speak from experience of my '98 S4, which as you say has
 > different clips, but to get the bumpers off it really does take a lot
 > of pushing and shoving.
 >
 > On mine the trick is to push the bumper DOWN and OUT REALLY REALLY
 > HARD. Like, hang your bodyweight off it hard. The clips look like
 > this:
 >
 >
 > /----\
 > |    |
 > |  | |
 > |  |
 > |  +--- ->  bumper
 > |  +---
 > |  |
 > |  | |
 > |    |
 > \----/
 >

I understand what you are saying (that ASCII diagram view is as one
looks down the length of the car), but so far, No Love.  I've pushed
and pulled.  There's not much there to get a grip on to pull down
while pulling out, but I'll keep trying. I just have this fear of
cracking the bumper. Ka-Ching $$$ (€€€)!

Thanks.

--
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"