cwerdna
Well-known member
Has anyone removed and put their front bumper cover back on? Does someone have a diagram?
To make a long story short, I accidentally bumped into another car in front of me while turning right on red today. First time for everything, I guess. The only visible damage I can tell is:
- the chrome plated (painted?) strip near the license plate area is peeling/broken slightly
- 1 of my fog lights seems to not work now but I see no cracks (and isn't quite even w/the other one now)
- my license plate is partly bent along w/the bottom of its frame
- it's possible the gap between the bumper cover and the 2 fenders has grown slightly, along w/the gap between the front bumper cover and the edge of the hood) - I need to compare w/other Leafs.
How is the bumper cover held on? I had to remove (and reinstall) the front bumper cover from my Prius before and it was held on by some hidden nuts underneath the front fender liners, some nuts or screws under the hood, above the radiator and the rest were just clips. (Video of the removal of a pro who is WAY faster than me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zG2BPEK0dQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.) Not sure if this is basically industry standard.
Is my front bumper cover in danger of falling off? I've tried sorta of pushing/pulling upwards on the cover to lessen the gap but nothing seems to snap back in place...
To make a long story short, I accidentally bumped into another car in front of me while turning right on red today. First time for everything, I guess. The only visible damage I can tell is:
- the chrome plated (painted?) strip near the license plate area is peeling/broken slightly
- 1 of my fog lights seems to not work now but I see no cracks (and isn't quite even w/the other one now)
- my license plate is partly bent along w/the bottom of its frame
- it's possible the gap between the bumper cover and the 2 fenders has grown slightly, along w/the gap between the front bumper cover and the edge of the hood) - I need to compare w/other Leafs.
How is the bumper cover held on? I had to remove (and reinstall) the front bumper cover from my Prius before and it was held on by some hidden nuts underneath the front fender liners, some nuts or screws under the hood, above the radiator and the rest were just clips. (Video of the removal of a pro who is WAY faster than me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zG2BPEK0dQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.) Not sure if this is basically industry standard.
Is my front bumper cover in danger of falling off? I've tried sorta of pushing/pulling upwards on the cover to lessen the gap but nothing seems to snap back in place...