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The front bumper cover removal is really easy and give you access for a good cleanup of your radiators. I had to remove the left radiator and the fan at the same time. So here is the process….Hope this will help anyone... Toll needed: Philips screwdriver #2 Torx screwdriver 030 Tork screwdriver 025 Socket 13 and 16mm To do a good clean-up of the front radiator… (Pop rivet gun + six 1/8 diameter pop rivets 3/8 inch long) +++ Cover removal: Take out both side markers. (thin screwdriver press the clip towards the font of the car) You will discover a screw behind and a clip nut (that was not used on my car, front inner fender needs to be remove to get access to this screw...) In front of the wheel , at the bottom, you have a screw on each side. easier to get at if wheel removed... Now in front right side you got the outside temperature sensor. Just push it to the aft and it will pop out of his holder…. Open the front trunk and remove the four small plastic screws cover (1/4 turn) and remove carefully this plastic liner going from the left headlights assembly to the right side... Under this liner you will found two screws. Remove them…(Torx 030) Now under the front of the car you will found some Torx 030 and philips screws…Four on each side (3 torx and one philips) and three in the middle...Remove them. Now you can carefully take out the bumper cover….Risk of scratching is high. Be careful…. Under the bumper cover you got some ducts. Two for the side radiators and one for the front. To get proper access to clean up removal of the ducts is required…. The side radiator ducts are attach with two screws located in front and inside the ducts. Be ready for a surprise when the ducts are removed ;-) Side radiators ducts are held by two screws each. Note The small radiator in front of the big one is the condenser for the air conditioning. It is held with 4 crews to the radiator ….Remove them to give you little bit more access to clean the side radiators properly! Remove the front aluminum bumper reinforcement. (2 vertical bolts with a 16 mm socket) note 63 ftlb torque at reinstallation... Now that you have both side radiators duct removed, the front one is held by rivets. I've decided to remove it and was really happy about it because some part of the front radiator were impossible to clean with it in place…. Simply use a drill (1/8) and drill the 6 rivets out. The top or bottom one are not in front to the radiator core so don't worry about damaging anything behind those rivets… Two aluminum angles will be part of the fixture…. You can also remove the outlet duct for the front radiator if you are using water for cleaning…. Now that you have all the parts in front of the radiators removed it is really easy to get access to any of the three radiators. The front one is straight forward but the side ones need a fixture to be removed. First stop the flow of fluid with vise grip and metal plate to prevent damaging the rubber pipes... Now remove the three pipes clips and the fan electrical connector…One for the supply one for the return and a small one hidden in the back for the vent….On the installation leave the clips in place and when you put the pipes in place you will hear a small click. That means the pipes is secure in place…. Now only the aft fixture has to be remove for side radiator removal….Remove the two clips on the radiator holding pins aft portion and one in the forward portion of the radiator. (I use a screwdriver to release the lock and a center punch to force the clip out…) Also remove the forward bolt of the aft mount... Now remove the bolts and screw that hold the fixture in place. Be careful the radiator might come at the same time.Note: I have used i little bit a release oil on the radiators grommets (3) to facilitate the sliding of the grommets on the pins…. Now the radiator can slide out in the back…To remove the fan from the radiator,remove the two screws and slide it out to the left side…Note: I was able to slide out the fan assembly with the radiator in place. There is no need to remove the radiator to replace the fan assembly but the removal of the aft radiator fixture is required…. For your information. I have found the line for the headlight washer completely loose just over the bumper reinforcement Tie wrapping is a good thing because now there are no more rubbing or rattling on anything…. Of course the installation is the reverse process. The bumper reinforcement bolts should be torque to 63 ftlb. and replenishing of the coolant system is a must if you had a radiator removed. Happy wrenching!