crashN2u

I was going to remove my bumper to do some work, but one of my screws just won't budge. It looks like it's about stripped. What can I do to get it off? It is one of the screws on top of the bumper just in front of the hood latch.

BTW how can I get pics up for tech related threads?

pb16b

try an impact driver... hopefully the screwhead isn't completely stripped out.

crashN2u

It isn't completely stripped. You can put in a screwdriver and try to turn it. If you try too hard it slips out. I just don't want to strip it even more.

Jeremy D. Swain

Aren't those screws plastic? If so just cut the head off of it.

NINE TRE

if its on top of the bumper and right by the hood latch, then it should be the black plastic screws right? well, you should just get a flat head driver and should be able to just pop it out no problem.

mjrage

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JeremyEk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Aren't those screws plastic? If so just cut the head off of it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats what I thought.

crashN2u

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drunkn_tyger &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if its on top of the bumper and right by the hood latch, then it should be the black plastic screws right? well, you should just get a flat head driver and should be able to just pop it out no problem.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Boy do I feel stupid. I forgot they were plastic until you guys posted. Thanks, I'll pop them off and get a new one.

nwdave

Those screws on top of the bumper are a bitch.

I've found that a vise grip works really well.

WHAT TEH

Plastic screws?! No! They're black metal screws that secure the bumper with a long metal plate in between. There's about 5 of them. I had the same problem on my integra. You should have used a bit or a screwdriver with tha fatest head so it would have never slipped in the first place. If any screwdriver is hopeless, there's a tool(s) you can use to unscrew it. Careful when you drill a hole in the center though. But the tool you need to use is a screw extractor. It's like a reverse drill, sorta. After drilling a tiny hole in the center of the head of screw, stick the extractor tool into the hole and unscrew in a counter-clockwise motion.

rodrez.

None of that is even necessary, just use a vice grip as mentioned earlier. The head of the screw sits high enough that it can be grabbed, and unscrewed.

WHAT TEH

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rodrez &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">None of that is even necessary, just use a vice grip as mentioned earlier. The head of the screw sits high enough that it can be grabbed, and unscrewed. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, it's true that if it sits high enough, you can hopefully grab it with like a vice grip. But for later use, this extractor tool is good to have. They even have the ones that grab around the outside of the head. It wont eat the head up like a vice grip would do if it slips.