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Old 06-10-2021, 11:35 PM
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You cut the plastic and pull over the bolt.

I just had to do the same on my bumper cover.

Three of the spring nuts were entirely melded into the screw.

I used a small wood chisel and cut the plastic right at the outside of the screw. I pulled the bumper cover off through the screw head then I used angle grinder to cut the bolts off.

Rather than spring nuts I used metal drywall anchors and washers to anchor the replacement screws (and of course I had to use large washers to cover the big hole I made to remove it).



In my case the screws were too deep to cut them with angle grinder. You might be able to directly access the screw head to cut them off.

No angle grinder? Sawzall, Dremel, hacksaw will all work. (you will likely need to hold the screw while cutting with vice grip or similar)
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