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Removing rubber nose

Postby NHRA Stk Starfire » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:53 pm

What is the easiest way to remove the rubber nose on a 75 Starfire. I have removed all the bolts along the backside at the top. I assume there are bolts along the front edge of the fenders also. Does the bumper come off first before the nose and does the headlights need removed or can come out with the nose? May try to get it on the lift again Wednesday so maybe I will see what needs to be removed.

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Postby AusRs » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:52 am

many many bolts to undo to remove the rubber nose
along the top at the join of the fenders etc ,just keep looking you will find them all (around 20 or so ) rubber nose and fibreglass reinforcement can come off as one with headlights still in place
lower bar is a seperate unit

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Postby steelhead » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:38 pm

its hard to get off without taking the bumper off, the missing nuts are at the top corners. you get to them from the wheel well, take the liners out, there are 7/16 nuts on studs in the plastic nose, need a long extention
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Postby NHRA Stk Starfire » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:33 am

Front bumper/nose is off. Stayed over Wednesday after work and just kept looking/removing bolts/nuts till everything came off. Not to bad on a lift with air tools, :wink:
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Nose/ front bumper cover removal

Postby MIKESMONZA » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:08 pm

:arrow: Has any body ever pulled the nose off to swap the SBC cam, leaving the motor in the frame,Mike ????
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Postby gerbsinmd » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:17 pm

I haven't but I have thought of doing that. Its not that bad of a job if you don't break any bolts.
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Re: Nose/ front bumper cover removal

Postby spyder_xlch » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:27 pm

MIKESMONZA wrote::arrow: Has any body ever pulled the nose off to swap the SBC cam, leaving the motor in the frame,Mike ????
I've never tried it but do you really have to pull the nose off? Isn't there enough room if you remove the rad?
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Postby MIKESMONZA » Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:31 pm

The only Problemn is the length of the cam,,,, to the cam cover base on front of sbc block then to clear the quad headlight nose center . :arrow: Removal of the hood lock support inside,,center :arrow: Note on single headlight coupe/notch backs with trunk's with grilles that actualy remove should be no problemn but on some Buick, Olds,Pontiac year models the differance in grille,core support's should have a lot of clearance.,,,,, :arrow: ,On the quad light's Just wanted to know if any one has tried, will have to measure when the radiator and A/C condensor's on mine is out. :roll: :roll: 8) 8)
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Postby mad max motorsports » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:29 am

In side the fender liners?

Good thing I found this before I got this far :lol:
How did you get the out board impact absorber mount bolts out, smashed my hand once so far. :evil:

Any hidden bolts/screws for the fenders?
So far I got all the ones on the top and bottom and around the wheel well lip.
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Postby 77 Spyder » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:17 pm

The absorbers are held by the frame brackets with the four bolts in the front, & one in the rear. Once those are removed you can take the frame brackets off if you need to. I don't think you can get to all of the frame bolts without taking the absorber out first.

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Postby steelhead » Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:02 pm

For the fenders theres one bolt under the rubber nose above the headlight. Theres one next to the headlight but I think you can get that one through the headlight opening, but the upper one is under the rubber nose hidden
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Postby spyder_xlch » Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:57 pm

I was going to take a pic like that, Lanse, but you beat me too it. That's a good shot showing all the bolt holes. Also you can see the rear center bolt hole for the bumper shock.
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Postby mad max motorsports » Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:22 pm

77 Spyder & Steelhead thanks for the photos, great info. Should save me some time searching for those.

Damn that yellow one looks new, hope mine comes out that good.
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