HI,
I have to take the bumpers off to do some body work on my car. Can not get the bumpers off. Do I need to take the little cover off the actual bumper off. Are the screws hidden behind that? I removed the undercarriage cover and only see two screws on the side, but can not locate any in the middle of the bumper. Also what is the best way to take the side panels off without breaking anything?

I just replaced the front in my 95. There are four studs, two on a side roughly in line with the headlamps/wiper, and then two additional small bolts at the wings ( which you found) and a small bolt in the upper center of the bumper. You might be referring to the license plate holder in your post, you dont need to remove that to drop the bumper.

You'll see the studs if you look in front of the tires. Pair on each side, maybe 3-4" apart.

Careful, plastic is brittle at low temps I found out.

That's W210 vs W124 though......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

This may help somewhat. Is for my 99 but ought to be very similar.

http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb1.asp?TP=1&F=210025&M=606%2E962&GA=722%2E608&CT=F&Cat=45P&SID=88

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N. Calif. & Boca Chica, Panama

09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA)
09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.)

Does anyone know how to get the side panels on the doors off without breaking things.

This may help - I don't exactly remember if there are more hidden screws but I think this pretty much covers it:



There are a lot of plastic snap clips that hold the bottom and front of the cover that have to be pulled out. They can crack and break so I would use something like a putty knife to pry them up.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Yeah, sorry, my wife's 99 is slightly different. Yet, I see the main bolts from the radiator opening.

That diagram was a Godsend btw when I replaced the actuators in the '99.