Replacing rear bumper reinforcement Options

[6thcelestial]

I have a 95 GT liftback that is stored in winter. I was under the car the other day and noticed that the bottom part of the bumper reinforement, (specifically area right above exhaust tip), has developed a lot of rust, and bolt holding bumper cover is corroded so it is going to be rough to get it out. I want to get it off and install a new rear bumper reinforcement piece. It looks pretty straight forward, but have never done it before. Any advice would be great. Thanks

[micronian]

I'm about to do the same thing to my car, I just ordered a new rear reinforcement bar from my dealership for $395 after taxes. The five bolts that hold the bumper to the reinforcement bar across the back, where completely rusted. I tried spraying them with Kroil for several days, so they could loosen up, and on the day i tried taking them out, only one came off, another broke off, and the others where too rusted to get a good clamp on. So I dremeled the heads off, and bought a bunch of different bolt extractors, but none worked. Those bolts IMO are practically welded into the rear reinforcement bar by now, the reinforcement itself looks very rusted too, I think this is common in our cars because after trying to find used rear bars, the only ones I found where very rusted too. Hopefully I'll tackle this job this weekend or the next, but I'll also be interested if anyone else has done this before and can share some tips to make it easier to do.

[6thcelestial]

I'm about to do the same thing to my car, I just ordered a new rear reinforcement bar from my dealership for $395 after taxes. The five bolts that hold the bumper to the reinforcement bar across the back, where completely rusted. I tried spraying them with Kroil for several days, so they could loosen up, and on the day i tried taking them out, only one came off, another broke off, and the others where too rusted to get a good clamp on. So I dremeled the heads off, and bought a bunch of different bolt extractors, but none worked. Those bolts IMO are practically welded into the rear reinforcement bar by now, the reinforcement itself looks very rusted too, I think this is common in our cars because after trying to find used rear bars, the only ones I found where very rusted too. Hopefully I'll tackle this job this weekend or the next, but I'll also be interested if anyone else has done this before and can share some tips to make it easier to do.

Any success getting the bolts off yet?