RX-8 Exhaust Finisher(s) Installation

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The instructions for these say to remove the rear bumper skin -- MUCH easier if you read our instructions below --

These are the pieces you are installing.

Look at these first THREE pictures -- there are two "push-to-lock pins" up from the bottom on each lower rear corner piece of the rear bumper.

The picture at the left is from AFTER the piece is removed - sorry - but it was the easiest way to show how to undo the pins.
Any kind of small slot screwdriver, knife, etc. will work -- just pop the center part up, then remove the entire "pin" as shown below.
This is what the removed pins look like.

(Sorry, camera chose to not focus close)
Those holes in each corner are what the pins go into.
After the two pins (on each corner piece) are removed, the corner piece WILL come out.
I needed to get my hand up inside the bumper (from under the rear of the car) to push the center part of each of those tabs you can see in this picture.

It really was not hard to get them to release.
With the corner piece removed, lay the Exhaust Finisher into the corner piece - try to push it toward the rear of the piece -- it "beds" in real nice.

Mark the hole location with about anything. Remove the finisher, drill the hole, and install the finisher with the bolt provided.

I know we all hate to read it, but reinstalling the corner piece REALLY IS the reverse of the steps above -- just push it back into place by aligning those tabs (they will "latch" back in place) and push the two pins back into the holes up from the bottom.
  DONE -- looks GREAT!
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