How to remove lower bumper fascia
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How to remove lower bumper fascia
Hopefully someone can answer this for me.
I want to remove the lower bumper "fascia" (gray cover) from the bumper, but I don't know how, or what is holding it on. I hit a deer a while back and I can see I snapped what looked like a clip. (Driver side) In the picture you can see a seperation. (picture added in attached thumbnails and link) https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink
I want to take the cover off because I'm doing some custom work to the bumper itself, but I cannot find anywhere how to remove it, or what type of clips hold it on.
Help?
I want to remove the lower bumper "fascia" (gray cover) from the bumper, but I don't know how, or what is holding it on. I hit a deer a while back and I can see I snapped what looked like a clip. (Driver side) In the picture you can see a seperation. (picture added in attached thumbnails and link) https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink
I want to take the cover off because I'm doing some custom work to the bumper itself, but I cannot find anywhere how to remove it, or what type of clips hold it on.
Help?
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There are some tab type clips that surround the bottom of it, that squeeze into holes on the bumper itself...then on the top where it meets the top bumper cover, there will be a push fastener on each side of the bumper.
To remove the lower cover, you just remove the push fasteners there where it meets the top cover, then crawl under the truck and squeeze the tabs on each of the clips and push them out of the holes...be careful if you are planning on reusing the cover...those clips usually break and the tabs can be hard as hell to squeeze in and push out.
If you do end up breaking the tabs, a new one can be got for pretty cheap through Pershing on eBAY.
http://www.pershingauto.com/new-fron...dge-ram-t.html
To remove the lower cover, you just remove the push fasteners there where it meets the top cover, then crawl under the truck and squeeze the tabs on each of the clips and push them out of the holes...be careful if you are planning on reusing the cover...those clips usually break and the tabs can be hard as hell to squeeze in and push out.
If you do end up breaking the tabs, a new one can be got for pretty cheap through Pershing on eBAY.
http://www.pershingauto.com/new-fron...dge-ram-t.html
Last edited by 96magnumram; 07-24-2011 at 04:24 AM.
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Replaced and bumper is finished.
After the picture was taken I noticed my top plastic was sitting right, the clips on the top plastics were giving up. I ended up drilling them out and putting black blots to hold the top plastic in place. Way better hold, and gives the truck a more aggressive look. Still waiting on bumper brackets to put my rancher grille guard on.
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