Trying to put on a push bar and can't figure out how the bumper air dam out without breaking out the sawsall or cutoff wheel. Any tips?

 

are you looking to remove the plastic piece at the bottom or the plastic piece in the middle?

 

middle.

 

on my 05 ram its held on by like 6 plastic screws on the front top.after u remove them it has to be pushed from the back to pop out the front - but its also kinda clipped in by tiny tabs that have to be pushed up a tiny bit to clear the bumper hole that its covering.

 

I removed mine when I added tow hooks...easiest way is to remove the bumper. It will make your life much easier if you do that.

 

all my plastic screws stripped out, so in my anger i just ripped the whole thing out. actually worked pretty good

 

I just ended up prying up the bottom and yanking the SOB out, Surprisingly enough I didn't actually break anything.

To you guys with the push bars... Did you cut your airdam to cover the bolts or did you just leave it off?

 

i just left mine off. tried to figure out a way to cut and put it back in but looked fine with out so i just threw it away. plus i tweaked it pretty good pulling it off.

 

My understanding about the function of the dam is to keep back the chance of engine temp rise. If the dam is removed, the fast air flow pressure under the bumper will out pressure the air from the rad that is flowing over/around the engine trying to exit thur/to the vehicle's bottom. So in turn, less air thru the rad. The electric fan will help the situation a little. Does this make sense?
If I could find it, I would install a longer dam to compensate the obstruction of the ram-air thru the rad caused by large aux lamps, bumper guard, winch & stuff.
My 1/2 cents on the topic.

 

this bumper insert is what we are taking about right?