How hard to remove front bumper cover/fascia...

Ulysses

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To remove facia:

Get two large blankets/clothes and leave plenty of work room. Set one blanket under the facia and one off to the side for placing the facia on after removal.

Remove two bolts holding the hood release handle in the facia cross hair opening.

Under the hood, (you may or may not have these pieces) Remove upper radiator baffle (square plastic piece in front of air filter box, 4 bolts). Pull the hood release handle up and out of the way. Remove the two plastic side baffle enclosures directly underneath the baffle cover (held on by one plastic pin each.

Remove all the small bolts holding the facia skin to the wheel well on each side. Remove all the bolts on the bottom holding the facia onto the bottom of the radiator support.

With the front of the hood tilted up, and the rear of the hood tilted down, if you look in back of the facia from the top and in front of the front hood latches, you will see a large locking nut, one on the left and one on the right, that has a nylon center. It is a tight fit, but remove each.

From in front of the cross hairs looking in, you will see two bolts on each side holding the facia bumper assembly onto the frame,(4 total). Loosen only the the bolts to the outside of the pair. Loosen them so that you have enough room to pull the facia forward but it won't drop tp the ground.

Put some tape on the back of the facia where it wraps aroud the wheel wells, from the top corner down to the bottom, to prevent scratches.

Peel the back of the facia skin away from the wheel well/radiator support on each side (now you know why you need the tape).

Go back and remove the bolts from the inside of the cross hairs that you had loosenned earlier. Take care that the facia doesn't drop.

With a hand on top back of the facia and a hand in the cross hairs, carefully and slowly remove the facia, taking note of any shims between it and the frame so you know where they go if they fall out.

Carefully place the facia on the blanket underneath it and disconnect the wiring for the side markers, headlight and fog lights.

Transfer the facia to the other blanket.

Install in reverse order.
 

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