au series 11 ute rear bumper

[homer22]

Hi, i need some tips on how to remove a rear bumper from an au 11 ute, any help would be appreciated.

[brycieboy]

you have to get under the ute, on each side theres 2 nuts, undo them (thye might have a peice of plastic bent over to cover them) you also have to take your number plate off causes theres a bolt under there aswell. theres the wires for the reverse light (if you have it)

[superroo]

there are two ways to do it
1: As bnsuteay said
2: there are four bolts that hold the rear bar to a metal bar, the way mentioned before takes this metal bar off with the rear bar.
Alternativly there is a bolt under each reflector and a bolt on the bottom of the bar each side. Undo these and the one under the number plate. Then remove the scrivet's on the top of the bar which are hiden when the tailgate is shut, and the rear bar will come off

You can take the standard bar off without removing the tailgate (for the hinges, they hang in the way of pulling the bar staright off), but it probably safer to take the tailgate off. I didn't on mine and i managed fine with a bit of careful manovering

Cheers

[tolly]

Originally Posted by homer22

Hi, i need some tips on how to remove a rear bumper from an au 11 ute, any help would be appreciated.

are you putting on a kit?

[Megawatt Man]

I guess with the passage of time you have discovered that the scrivets referred to are 20x4.5 mm pop rivets at about $4.00 each. I drilled mine out to 6 mm and replaced them with 6 mm stainless dome headed bolts and self locking nuts with a 6 mm galvanised washer under the head to take the place of the 20 mm rivet head, needed to distribute the load over the plastic. When you have the bumper off, clean up the holes in the metal and cold gal them well. It won't be cheaper, but you only have to spend the money once.