Since everyone tends to strip these things, I would say that if you are planning to remove these often like me you may want to get a new set. Answer: Each has its pros and cons. When you get the bumper to move, you will see this on the driver's side: You will have to disconnect the three labeled connections. January 16, 2016 Followup from the Pelican Staff: Thanks for the feedback. The bottom bracket indicated below can be removed once the 6 bolts holding it in have been taken out.
To disengage the bottom portion - grab the bottom of the bumper, pull up and toward yourself. In other words, it is a procedure that must be done before performing many other projects on the A4--so many that it deserves its own write-up. I could not find any guides online relating to the B8 and the only similar one was for an A5 which has a slightly different bumper and was not a comprehensive guide. Maybe the best plan would be to do a search on here or on the interweb , see what info is available and decided, and then choose what method you want to go with. The radiator support panel incorporates some ducting between the turbocharger and the intercooler; the rubber hoses running between these components and the support panel's ducting can't stretch when the support panel moves. The main reason is because they're the most cost-effective to manufacture. Remove the rear energy absorbing foam.
Make sure you replace the green o-ring around the headlight washer line. Remove the wheels to get access to the fender liner. When changing the timing belt or accessory belts, among other projects, removing the bumper is only the first step. Follow the youtube vids and you'll be ok. It was difficult to find the correct threaded stock at a hardware store because it is a metric thread 8M x 1.
The supply line to the passenger-side washer runs through the aluminum bumper support. Remove the bumper from the car by gently wiggling and pulling on all sides, fog light hole, and from top and bottom. A: A body kit is essentially a collection of parts that, when installed on your car, modify its appearance. Here is the most challenging part of the job; disengaging the bumper from the fender. In order to improve access to the front of the engine, Audi created an ingenious solution.
I am guessing the procedure is pretty much the same when getting room to change the v6 timing belt. Apply this step on both sides of the bumper cover. Reverse these steps to attach the grille to the bumper and the bumper back onto the car. We get asked these questions all the time. Some of my bolts are quite rusty and I'm in the process of cleaning up the visible ones in the engine bay and painting them.
You need to protect it from scrapes and manipulate it a bit to disconnect some wiring and plumbing. Featuring a Euro beam, these lights measure 3. The valve cover gaskets in the Audi A6 C6. Some kits come with fender flares, wings spoilers , hoods, or other styling accessories. With everything disconnected you can now remove the bumper. This article applies to the Audi A6 C6 2005-2011. This has been shown in the When you have the liner off on either side, you will see 5, 10 mm nuts on either side.
This article applies to the Audi A6 C6 2005-2011. This is necessary to service the headlight washers and to reach the radiator drain petcock in the case of the 1. Oh and cheers for the offer of help if needed, if I get stuck, I'll be in touch. Remove four bumper mounting bolts from under of vehicle. In this case, it means that the exact same style is just made by more than one manufacturer.
Step 6 — Install new bumper Installation is the reverse of removal. Figure 9 Here you can see that the bumper has cleared the black bumper support ram it's a tight fit in a slot in the aluminum part of the bumper--the same slot where the headlight washer hose fits. Note: this is where step 10 proves useful. Remove the nuts and the bolts that retain the rear bumper impact bar to the bumper bracket. Q: Can I mix and match body kit components if I don't like a particular part? Use a flat-blade screwdriver to gently move the clips away from the bumper. Use a screwdriver, lift the flange located underneath each of the two bolts.
We demonstrated how to remove the front bumper on a 2003 Audi A4 B6. Remove four bumper mounting bolts from under of vehicle. Sold - 2008 A4 B8 2. The same with the crash beam cover built into the grille. Remove three nuts per side from inside fender wells. Use something flat like a screwdriver to disengage the bottom portion of the bumper from the guide circled in red and slide the bumper forward a little. Body kits often create the look of a lowered vehicle and can give your car an aggressive look, a super-clean flowing look, or a race car look, to name a few types of styles.
Remove the front fasteners on the plastic belly pan. Peel back the fender liner and remove the last torx bolt along with three nuts that hold the bumper arrows. Remove three screws on each side of the car. The bumper in this photo is from an UltraSport A4 and while it looks different then a regular A4 bumper, everything is mounted exactly the same. November 26, 2015 Followup from the Pelican Staff: Step 13 shows it. The cost to develop a proto-type and mold for a complete urethane body kit is about 12 times that of a fiberglass body kit.