Front and rear bumper removal?

[Cab-ova pete]

Hi, I'm considering removing the bumpers to investigate any corrosion? I cannot see any but there is some surface rust around the front cross members inside the engine bay, just needs a brush down and a bit of primer and some paint, unless I unearth any serious corrosion? anyway I'm not very techy so has anyone got any pics of the front/rear bumpers off so can try and see where all bolts are? What size spanners will I need, a list of tools needed would be helpful especially any specific? Thanks for your help

[Gasy]

The front one is a 5 min job to remove
A few bolts visible from front removed with socket
There is 2 stability brackets in front wheel arches with small bolts in ( these bolt heads will probably snap off )
But it's not a problem as I've never put mine back in and bumper is fine
Don't know about rear one

[Simon Jones]

Rear one just needs two screws on each side and 4 nuts behind the bumper.

This is the rear nearside mounting point:


These are the front mounting points:

[Cab-ova pete]

Thanks for your replies Simon and Gasy, photos especially, much appreciated how many bolts on front and rear and do you know what size sockets as I have a not full socket set? Knowing my luck the missing pieces will be the ones I need thanks again

[jimmo62]

Front bumper - http://lushprojects.com/bongoparts/page ... umper.html
Rear bumper - http://lushprojects.com/bongoparts/page ... umper.html

[Simon Jones]

I think the nuts are about 15mm and there are 4 on each bumper. The front stays are probably 10mm and the rear screws are 8mm.

[Cab-ova pete]

Thanks again, very helpful, much appreciated

[the1andonly]

the rear bumper are M8 my 97 4x4 required 14mm sockets since replaced by 13mm nuts.
for M8 the Japanese used both 12 and 14 mm in europe 13 was/is? the std.
for M8 on 1 jap bike iv'e seen 12,13 and 14mm nuts.

[Simon Jones]

I think you're right: it was 14mm rather than 15mm. A couple of the rear ones are not too accessible so it can be beneficial to have a ring spanner to get them started.