The 1988 Ford Mustang is equipped with a brace of one-piece bumpers.1. Hoist the front of the Mustang with a jack to access the bumper's retaining bolts. Lower the automobile onto jack stands. If replacing or repairing the bumpers or their covers, the first off belongings you commitment complete is remove the bumper.
Instructions
Front Bumper
To supply some Safeguard from youngster impacts, Everyone bumper is equipped with a plastic bumper cover that is painted to match the protest colour of the Mustang. Although the bumper covers are fully durable, they can shift gouged. Provided the energy is severe Sufficiently, the bumper itself can eventually be damaged.
2. Fix the two bumper confine brackets and the two isolator brackets. Both types of brackets must be accessed from underneath the vehicle. As their epithet suggests, a unmarried bumper purpose bracket is located on Everyone borderline of the bumper. The isolator brackets resemble metal arms and are located between the two butt end brackets.
3. Remove with a socket wrench the four retaining bolts that secure Everyone bumper extent bracket to the inside of the bumper.
4. Remove with a socket wrench the four retaining bolts that secure Everyone of the two isolator brackets to the inside of the bumper.
5. Pull the bumper off the Mustang.
Rear Bumper
6. Uplift the back of the Mustang with a jack to access the bumper's retaining bolts. Lower the car onto jack stands.
7. Remove with a socket wrench the six retaining bolts that secure the plastic bumper cover to the bumper. Lift the bumper cover off the bumper. The retaining bolts are located on the bottom of the bumper cover.
8. Disconnect the bumper from its two support brackets. A single support bracket is located on each end of the bumper. Each bracket contains four retaining bolts. Remove the bolts from both brackets with a socket wrench. Lift the bumper off the Mustang.
