Oh boy, I did this one when I was putting on my Westin Safari bar.
You can remove your entire bumper with 6 bolts...! Funny, this thing is
supposed to protect you AND the vehicle, but 6 small bolts hold it on.
You need to remove the entire bumper because you can only get at the valence
screws from behind.
There are 2 bolts located on the top of the bumper in front of the radiator.
The other 4 require some contortions and are located at the side of the front
of the frame. These 2 (2 on eac side) actually hold brackets that are
connected to the bumper and not the bumper itself.
Its easily a one person job, even lifting the bumper off. It only weighs
about 30 lbs. One socket wrench with about a 3-4" extension should be all you
need.
>From there you can remove the 10 or so screws that hold on the valence, Torex
I think.
Have fun!
Chris
Santa Clara, CA
'01 QuadCab SLT+
In a message dated 1/23/02 3:23:53 PM, jnoonan@electrospec-inc.com writes:
<< Just got nice chrome lower Valance from Distinctive Truck Accessories.
Gonna
tackle it this weekend. Any advice on removing front stock gray piece. Do I
need to remove the whole front bumper to swap out or does the valance come
off fairly easy? I glanced at the 8 screws or so holding it on and it
doesn't look like I can contort my arm into some of those side screws.
TIA
Joe(if anyone is interested in my stock Grey bumper, Ping me off line) >>
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