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With the car in the garage, I set out to remove the hideous bumpers on the car. Also, the rear-lights have these silly plastic surrounds which is just unbearable.

First thing I took off was the rear bumper - it's anyway not usable, since it's totally bent. I then removed the light-surrounds, and found some more rust under it... the silly things make water pool inside them... :(

Bumper off shows how the towbar is fastened to the boot... In this pic the one light has its surround still on, and the other is off. I prefer them OFF! (First two pics are cellphone pics)

Here is the car with both surrounds off.

I then tackled the front... the bumper has to come off, as the front fairing is completely bent and in very bad shape. I will most likely take off the whole front fairing and replace it with something else.

I want to wash the car, inside and out next. And get the engine clean! Then we can start tracing the cause of the overheating problem.