a question about 05 OEM lip kit installation

[PhatTraxX]

HI all of you TSX owners.
I've got a 05' OEM kit from Acura Woodbine with a great price ($785cad with out spoiler) and installed it by myself last week.
But after finishing the installation of front lip, a question came up.
At the end of the Instrution, it says "remove the outboard bolt from the front bumper". So I did that for the left side of inner fender, but I don't really see what the difference is between removing and keeping that outboard bolt. So I left a outboard bolt at the right side of inner fender.
Do I really have to take that out?

Here's some photo while I was working on it

[narci]

Looks good man. I did the exact same thing as you..lie there on my driveway with my head underneath the car hahaha. I ended up having some bloody knuckles.

[BlueTSX05]

looks good, you did it all by youself? is it that easy to install the whole body kit

[PhatTraxX]

Thanx narci and BlueTSX05.
i've got bloody knuckles and knees too~
It took me like 6 hours. After figuring out how to remove those clips, installation by myself wasn't that hard.
I also debadged the trunk lid. Looks much cleaner

I'm still curious that Did you guys remove outboard bolts?

[vidgamer]

It might help to have another pair of hands to help hold things once in a while, but you can do it yourself if you're even moderately handy. I went slow and followed the instructions closely. You don't want to screw up any steps, so better to be methodical. It took me a few hours overall -- I can't recall right now, but I have posted before about what I did if anyone needs more detail... Anyway, you can do each peice at a different time, so it's not like you have to be stuck until the whole thing is done.

As for the bolts, I happen to have the instructions right here. (Why? I should throw them away, I'm done!) It does say to remove the bolts near the end, but below that, it says "reinstall all removed parts". I assumed that included the bolts, but hey, as they used to say, "your milage may vary." ;) No, seriously, I think removing the bolt was just to be able to access the fender; reread it and see what you think. Hey, I didn't write the instructions, what do I know? :)