Plastic guard below front bumper ??
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I took mine off, and whoa it looks way better. Here:
I also had some big black rubber piece fall off, which covered a big piece of metal (looks like a skid plate). Well, i took the opportunity to paint it birght orange...why you ask? I have no clue. And what ticks me off is that someone had the nerve to do the exact same thing!! lol
I also had some big black rubber piece fall off, which covered a big piece of metal (looks like a skid plate). Well, i took the opportunity to paint it birght orange...why you ask? I have no clue. And what ticks me off is that someone had the nerve to do the exact same thing!! lol
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gonna take it off... how?
kool all. thanks for the pic memorex.
Now that enough of the snow has melted and the sun's come out long enough for me to actually look under there, I noticed that it is not mounted by bolts that you can remove with a wrench or socket/ratchet. it's almost like its riveted (sp?) on.
How do you suggest going about removing it. (I don't have a torch, or I would use that
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And I can't figure out how I'm supposed to tie on to it to use the tree and rip it off. lol if you can rip a tree out of the ground, you can rip a piece of plastic off.
Any suggestions?
Now that enough of the snow has melted and the sun's come out long enough for me to actually look under there, I noticed that it is not mounted by bolts that you can remove with a wrench or socket/ratchet. it's almost like its riveted (sp?) on.
How do you suggest going about removing it. (I don't have a torch, or I would use that
)And I can't figure out how I'm supposed to tie on to it to use the tree and rip it off. lol if you can rip a tree out of the ground, you can rip a piece of plastic off.
Any suggestions?
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From: Topsfield, MA
Originally Posted by MemOrex
I also had some big black rubber piece fall off, which covered a big piece of metal (looks like a skid plate). Well, i took the opportunity to paint it birght orange...why you ask? I have no clue. And what ticks me off is that someone had the nerve to do the exact same thing!! lol
Rip that air dam off - I ripped mine off a long time ago.
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Originally Posted by MustangGT221
That big piece of metal that looks like a skid plate is actually for the anti-sway bars. My truck doesn't have sway bars and I do not have that metal piece. But I do have the brackets on the frame that the metal piece fastens to.
Rip that air dam off - I ripped mine off a long time ago.
Rip that air dam off - I ripped mine off a long time ago.
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its magically disappeared!
well, the other night, even though it was 8 degrees out (farenheit), i laid down under my truck and took a gooood look at that thing- at every aspect of how it was connected... I decided that the best way to go about it was to get the dremmel and cut the plactic around the bolts holding it on. It worked quite well-- less than 10 minutes and my ears still had feeling in them!
I think it looks much better.
Now all I have to do is stop the bumper from rusting where salt's gotten trapped between the bumper and the plastic. Does the aluminium foil dipped in coke trick really work?
I think it looks much better.
Now all I have to do is stop the bumper from rusting where salt's gotten trapped between the bumper and the plastic. Does the aluminium foil dipped in coke trick really work?
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