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Hey everyone,

I'm not from around these parts (Mazda6 owner here), but my girlfriend drives a 2003 Honda Civic EX sedan. Today, for some reason (I think she didn't pull the parking brake hard enough, nor did she leave the car in gear) her car rolled away from its slightly inclined parking spot at work and ran into a parked Trailblazer. Minimal damage to the Blazer, but her rear bumper (passenger side) has been punched in. Luckily, the paint did not seem to chip, although it is visibly stressed in some spots. Since the rear bumper is plastic, I think we can push the dent back out, but we will need to get the bumper off to do this.

The passenger side of the rear bumper, where it meets the fender well, popped off of the clips that hold it on there, so I can see what type of clips they are, but I'm just not sure how to go about un-clipping the other side (which is still fully attached) without damaging the paint or something.

Can anyone help me out here, or at least point me to a good resource for this? I figured I would ask the question amongst the experts here first, before I drop 17 bucks on the damn Haynes manual.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

-steve

 
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At the end of the bumpers (one on each side) there will be a screw holding in the very end of the bumper. Open up the deck lid and you will find some more screws that hold the center section to the car, and then finally the bottom will have clips holding it at the bottom. Once you have all screws,bolts, fasteners removed you will roll the bumper up and beyond the tabs that hold the side in place. Push in first, then roll the top part up and out of the tabs. When you put it back, just push the side of the bumper and it will snap into the tabs.

A little heat with a blow dryer, push the "dent" out slowly , then cool with a wet rag.