Anyone know if there is a write up on removing the front bumper?
wanting to remove my chrome one to get it painted black.
Just wonder how many bolts and where they are.

 

I did this on my truck last year. Its really straight forward not worth a write up so I never bothered.

Theres two bolts each side of the frame that have mounting plates for the bumper to connect. Pretty much remove your fog bulbs & wires, leave the valance and fogs in place, and the bumper comes off pretty easy once those large bolts on the frame mounts are removed. Its a bit of a job leveling it out when your buy yourself upon reinstall though. Then it is a simple swap over on everything. A ton of the clips for the valance, valance itself, support bars and mounting brackets... A good hours job. I may have a few photos for reference.

Beginning


Removed


Painted bumper itself.


Hardware removed from my chrome bumper.


Assembling hardware from old chrome bumper.




Installed

 

And as I recall, those 4 14mm diameter bolts are torqued to like 87 ft lbs.

Before removing, if you like the alignment, drill a 1/4" diameter hole through the frame mount plate and bumper bracket to assist in realigning. Easy to then insert a 1/4" bolt or drill or just use a punch to align.

 

Ok so 4 bolt's and off.
Since I am using same bumper I will not need to transfer hardware and I have no fogs.
Can I just unbolt the bumper from the brackets were they attach to the bumper looks like 8 bolts maybe then I won't have to worry about alignment

 

Never mind easier to remove the 4 21mm bolts
If I take off bumper and put my bull bar back on will my license plate
I should be able to drive like that for a few weeks right

 

I don't see why not?

The 2 small holes I mentioned drilling will assist with fast alignment and aren't noticeable.

I hit a deer two years ago, small deer, but it wrinkled my bumper and scuffed the soft
upper cover and bent the pass side bracket. The body shop painted perfect but some
jack leg bolted it all together .... I was furious and refused to leave it with them so I
took it home and dismantled it and realigned it and attached stuff back in the right
order. They had several booboos.

 

I was concerned about painting the chrome bumper but the body guy said no problem they have some killer primer that will stick to it fine after they scuff it really good?

 

Not sure. I didn't want to have my bumper repainted in the future so I bought primed ones. Do it right the first time is my thing. Sold my chrome bumpers for $150.

 

What does a new PTM on run these days?
about 250.00