[s-cars] Bumper cover fallen and won't stay up

[Kirby Smith]

(Remove the belly pan first.)  The cover including the attached aluminum
bumper) is retained by two long Allen bolts at the front accessible from
underneath after you remove the lower grill pieces and disconnect the
temperature sensor.  These bolts connect the bumper to the bumper shock
absorbers.

You also have to remove two screws at the wheel well, I think, and pop
the cover from its side retainers.  (Press down, pull out bottom edge
should work, or pull up, pull out top.)

Reinstallation is awkward, and I recommend you duct tape the bumper
shocks into the correct orientation first.  I use cardboard boxes to get
the bumper roughly into alignment before pushing it back and trying to
get the Allen bolts into place.  Be sure the oil cooler duct is properly
reconnected when you put the grills back in place, and don't damage the
temperature sensor wires.

kirby

Cecil Morris wrote:
>
> Well the good news is I drove all the way to Florida
> from NYC in 19 hours from NYC, no problems, no
> troopers and my a/c works fine (so far). So what did I
> do...I got cocky felt that I was king of the world. I
> let my guard down and then bam! I parked my car nose
> first into a parking space and of course naturally
> because this is me the bumper cover gets hooked on the
> slab of concrete in the front of the space so to make
> this hurtful story short is removing the bumper cover
> possible without the aid of the bentley. Are there
> many hidden screws and fastners. I think I have enough
> tools to do it myself but any BTDT will be
> apprectiated.
>
> If this is something I will need a bentley to do can
> anyone reccomend a good dealer or mechanic in the fort
> laude/miami area. I think the best thing to to so is
> to take off the cover and then reseat it properly and
> repair any broken fastners. It drives fine and most
> likely can make it back up to NYC fine but it just
> hurts looking at it hanging there mocking me.
>
> cecil
> doesn't everyone take a laptop on vacation to look at
> audi newsgroups.
>
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