chriswells78
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- Joined
- November 4, 2005
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- Location
- Central Ohio
- City, State
- Powell(Columbus), OH
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2013 Limited
Well, I'm planning on a tube bumper for the front but I had to get rid of the stupid lower portion of my stock bumper first. Here's how it went....
I removed the bumper completely from the vehicle. Here i'ts loosened up 3 of 4 bolts were easy, but there is always that one PITA. Mine happend to be the one all the way to the right. The stupid little metal strip attached to the outer bolt head bent and the damn bolt kept spinning. :fire:
When I finally got it off, it was time to remove the factor fog lights. Now this should have been easy but, not with my luck. I doused all of the screws with WD-40 but the heads kept wanting to strip. I ended up having to remove them with a small set of ViseGrips by clamping onto the head and turning. But I got the little terds out!
Now it's time to cut. If there is one thing that I am good at, it's destroying things. LOL The cut went smooth with a little help from my jigsaw and a metal blade.
Then I deburred the cut edge with a hand file.
Remounted the inner bumper.
Then, remounted the outer cover.
Viola! Now I am ready for phase II, the tubing and skid plate/lower radiator cover. Maybe next weekend...
I removed the bumper completely from the vehicle. Here i'ts loosened up 3 of 4 bolts were easy, but there is always that one PITA. Mine happend to be the one all the way to the right. The stupid little metal strip attached to the outer bolt head bent and the damn bolt kept spinning. :fire:
When I finally got it off, it was time to remove the factor fog lights. Now this should have been easy but, not with my luck. I doused all of the screws with WD-40 but the heads kept wanting to strip. I ended up having to remove them with a small set of ViseGrips by clamping onto the head and turning. But I got the little terds out!
Now it's time to cut. If there is one thing that I am good at, it's destroying things. LOL The cut went smooth with a little help from my jigsaw and a metal blade.
Then I deburred the cut edge with a hand file.
Remounted the inner bumper.
Then, remounted the outer cover.
Viola! Now I am ready for phase II, the tubing and skid plate/lower radiator cover. Maybe next weekend...