hey i have a 99 coupe, has anyone removed their front fenders or front bumper. if you have is it hard or not bad. thanks

 

I've had mine off for some repairs. I don't think it's too tough, but it was certainly easier with the vehicle elevated and working on a creeper. If you've got the Service Manuals just follow along in there. They break it down pretty well.
Lots of little screws, and a few that you have to reach up from below the car into the corner of the front bumper to get to, plus one inside the rear of the fender.
So to answer your question I'd say not too bad. Hope that helps.
Pete

 

Front clip can be off car in under an hour.

 

To removing almost every body panel on the car is easy. I have almost no mechanical experience and recently swapped an entire C5 Body with another's.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...ed+entire+body

Jack up the front of the car and remove the front wheels. Then remove the lower portion of the front wheel wells. There's a plastic panel in the front and back of each wheel well that give you access to the necessary screws. I believe that all of these screws are 7mm. If you look inside the panels in the rear of the wheel well you will see a 7mm screw that attaches the fender to the car near the door. You will have to reach in pretty far to remove it. It's kind of a PITA especially on the passenger side because of the ECU. The fender is attached to the bottom if the car with easily visible screws. The fender is attaches to the bumper with two 10mm nuts that are attached to a metal clip. You can see this if you look through the front wheel well panel. After you have removed these, there's the easily visible Torx head screws that secure the top of the fender to the car. Plus, theres two more 7mm screws that fasten the fender next to the headlight. These screws are tricky to get to. I ended up removing the headlight cover to give me access. I dont think this would have been necessary if I had the proper wrench (My socket wouldn't clear). If you find that you need to remove the headlight cover, It is done by popping up the headlights, removing the two torx head screws in the bkac of it, removing the phillis head screws on the sides of the black piece, and then removing two more torx head screws.
The bumper is pretty straight forward. It is attached to the car with clearly visible screws and clips, and is attached to the fenders as I listed above.

I think it would be easiest to remove the bumper first and then the fenders. The good thing is that corvette body panles don't really line up well when they're brand new so fitting them perfectly isn't really a big deal.

This is what I've learned from my experience. It'll take a few hours and you'll probably cut your hands a few times reaching into the fenders (I did) but it shouldn't be difficult. Good Luck

 

thanks guys, that helps alot. luckey for me i have a 10,000 lb. lift in my home garage so getting it up in the air will be easy.