Hi,

Does anyone know how to install the front bumper chrome strip? I looked under the car, but I cannot see the underside of the chrome strip. There must be a part to remove, and I am hoping it is not the whole bumper.

Thanks,

George

 

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Graham

 

front bumper chromes are clip on via a fastener which is screwed to the plastic urethane bumper.

 

I've heard the clips are notorious about breaking. Any tips/tricks to remove the trim?

Mine has a couple small hail dents I'd like to have repaired, but haven't tried to remove the stainless trim for fear of creating a bigger job if some/all of the clips break.

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It's honestly not that bad. I had to removed my chrome strips after my accident and move them over to the new bumper after it had gotten painted. The screws that are behind the bumper that hold the strips in place are just kind of a pain to remove. They're fine threaded and sort of long and there is, I think about 12 of them or so that hold all 3 pieces into place.

Once all the screws were removed I just took a big plastic pry tool (I used a trim fastener removal tool to pry them out)

Installation is just making sure the clips that go into the slots on the bumper are all lined up and lightly tapping the chrome into place. I used some of the screws to help pull the chrome strips into place once they were close enough and lined up with the screw holes.

 

Same as above, except that it might be no harm to renew the screws while you're at it, or at least have some replacements to hand. They are longer than needed and I found many of them to be corroded, to the extent that the heads just disintegrated in some cases.


The bumper needs to be removed and the little clips are tough enough, as they are metal, but it was the screws that caused me grief.

 

I think someone recently posted that removing the front bumper cover was easy as "just two screws on the side" and.....

I don't think there is a "how to" posted on removing the front bumper, so can anyone with experience removing the front bumper give a quick step-by-step?

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To remove the front bumper is pretty much a two (three if you include pulling the bumper off) step process. You first have to remove the 2 bolts from underneath the secure it onto the bumper struts.
Second step is to disconnect the wire harness on both the driver and passenger side. Should be right behind the fender guard right in front of each wheel. If the car was on ramps or jack stands it would be easy to see the harness from underneath.

After that, the bumper just slides right off.

 

How is the plastic bumper cover attached to the bumper itself? Would be nice to know before tearing it all apart. I see 5 plastic rivets under the bumper, what else to expect?