thank you for reposting the pics! great detail!

 

i have a replica from aitracing. My bumper fits good on one side and the other side was short i installed it with rear reinforcement. i read on here that you are suppose to remove the rear reinforcement. Would that be a possibility that the rear bumper is short one side. anyone tried installing it with the rear reinforcement.

 

waiting on my rear bumper to get in so i can tackle this

 

THIS IS NOT MY POST. I ONLY REMOVED IT FROM QUOTE TAGS TO STOP THE GRAY BACKGROUND AND ITALICIZED TEXT. CREDIT OP AND RP ABOVE!


here is my technique for removing the rear bumper and installing the evo9 rear bumper.

do this at your own risk. of course, a body shop would be a better alternative.

1)open trunk and remove the rear trunk plastic fascia.

you have to remove the plastic fasteners by pulling outward.

then pull up on each side of the the trunk latch to remove the plastic fascia.




2) remove screws from inside the trunk to rear bumper (should be 4)



3)remove the rear taillights

remove the 2 screws on the inside side, then pull out and away, then disconnect harness

then remove the screw and plastic rivet screw from the bottom of where the rear taillights were that connect to the rear bumper.




4) remove the side covers inside the trunk and remove the 1 screw on each side that connect the bumper


5)remove side markers and detach from harness


6)remove the 2 screws from the rear wheel well
EDIT: 2 screws from EACH rear well.


EDIT: Second screw location pic added by me:


7)underneath the rear bumper, remove the 3 plastic clips that secure the bumper to the rear crash beam


here is pic of 2 of them removed


8)remove the bumper (first pull the sides off, then pull from the rear) don;t forget to disconnect the harness for the license plate lights and rear side lights.


9)we can not use the foam padding anymore, but we need to use the stock bumper retainer.

it is held in place by rivets. you will need to drill them out (18 rivets in all)


^^ FIXED img tag- Ferno

here is a pic with mike from gruppe-s holding the bumper retainer


10)well here is where i forgot to take pix. you need to put the bumper retainer on the new bumper. the new bumper comes with supplied rivets, but you need to use a riveter. you can get a nice craftsmen professional one for $30 from SEARS, a pretty good one from OSH/TRUE VALUE for $20, or a cheap one from HARBOR FREIGHT for $7-$15.

11)once the bumper retainer is installed, you now need to zip tie the rear side marker harness since our new bumper doesn't have them anymore.


12)the rear license plate holder does not fit right anymore, son you need to be creative with this. the license plate lights will not sit under the hole anymore without cutting and welding, so all i did was bend the license frame holder a little and had the lights come out. you will have to drill your rear license plate 2" down from the top hole so that you can screw in your license plate. also, i will be spray painting my rear license plate lights except for a rectangle in the bottom so that it will not be too bright.



13) remove the rear crash beam (2 bolts on each side)


14)now reverse the steps and throw on that new EVO IX rear bumper



NOTE:
since our car is USDM, cal and i are trying to see if the tow hook cover fits for our cars since we have a big rear tow hook



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Thanks, step one and step two pics reposted on page 5. I'm quoting to fix img tag and subscribe for myself, taking my bumper off today.

EDIT: Also added pic of second quarter fender screw in step 6.

 

nice write up man i need to use this also

 

Hi, does the bumper include the lower black piece?

 

Did you ever find out if the tow hook cover fits the USDM hook?

 

subscribed

 

With the Demonworks crash beam, is reusing the bumper retainer still necessary? Wasn't sure if it would replace that since the demonworks beam has the plate lights and bracket built in.

 

Bump

 

<--- would also like to know this answer

 

Where is everyone buying their bumpers from? Any good vendors still selling them?

 

seems like most people get it from Driveline, there's a thread on here for them - search

 

this thread was a huge help! makes everything go so smooth

 

Mitsubishiparts.net has them cheapest anywhere, but only have them in white