How to Remove Front Bumper 2014-19 Chevy Silverado
Created on: 2019-05-10
Check out this video to learn how to remove and replace an old, dented, rusty or ugly front bumper on your 14-19 Chevy Silverado.
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step 1 :Removing the Bumper Trim and Grille
- Pry up the twelve push-pins from the upper shield with a trim tool
- Remove the shield
- Remove the four bolts from the grille
- Remove the 10mm and 7mm bolt from the fender well on each side
- Unclip the side of the front exterior trim out
- From behind the exterior trim, pry out the clips
- Remove the 10mm bolts from beneath the grille
- Lift the grille up and off
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step 2 :Removing the Bumper
- From underneath, remove the 15 mm bolt at each corner of the bumper where it attaches to the support beam
- Remove the four 18 mm bolts along the top of the bumper
- Carefully lift and remove the bumper. Use help if necessary, as the bumper is heavy
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step 3 :Installing the Bumper
- Set the bumper in place
- Tuck the fender well liners behind the bumper
- Replace the four 18 mm bolts along the top loosely
- Replace the two 15 mm bolts that mount at the corners loosely
- Tighten the lower bolts
- Tighten the upper bolts
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step 4 :Replacing the Bumper Trim and Grille
- Insert the grille into place
- Tighten the four 10mm bolts to the top of the grille
- Tighten the four 10mm bolts to the bottom of the grille
- Insert the exterior trim into place
- Tighten the 10mm and 7mm bolt to the fender well on each side
- Insert the upper shield into place
- Press the push-pins to the shield
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
15mm Socket
Pry Bar
18mm Socket
Plastic Fastener Remover
7mm Socket
10mm Socket
Ratchet
1/2 Inch Breaker Bar
What's up guys? I'm Andy from 1A Auto. In this video I'm going to show you how to remove the front bumper on this 2015 Chevy Silverado. If you need parts for your vehicle, click the link the description and head over to 1aauto.com.
We want to take this cover off. We have 12 push-pins to take off, I'm just going to use this trim tool, remove these. We sell this trim tool at 1aauto.com. Now, we got them all up, just grab the panel, slide it up.
Now, I want to take these four bolts out, I'm going to use a 10mm socket and a ratchet. You need to take this panel off, so I'm going to use a 7mm socket and a ratchet to take this screw out. This bolt that goes up right here, I'm just going use the 7mm socket. I'm going to use an extension so that I can access it, and a ratchet.
Take both of those screws out for the other side. Now, we need to pull this panel off. I'm just going to use a little pry bar, get underneath here. Pry this out, there's some clips that are held in right there. Just be careful, try not to break them. See, that's clipped in right there and right there. That actually came out pretty easily. Pull it forward.
Now, it's clipped in right here on the front. I'm going to release the clips from underneath. I'm going to grab this from the outside, this trim piece. Then, from the inside, I want to release it. There's clips right here, so I'm just going to use the trim tool. There's one back here. Once you get the first one out, the other ones come out pretty easily.
Now, try to pull from outside the vehicle. I should be able to grab it, and just slide it up. Just like that. I'm going to take these four bolts out of the vehicle, they're right in front of the grill. I'm using a 10mm socket extension and a ratchet, this is another one over here.
I'm going to grab the grill, slide it up, pull it out. From underneath the vehicle, on both sides, I need to take this bolt out. I'm going to use a 15mm socket extension and a ratchet. Take that bolt out.
Now, there's four bolts I need to remove from up top, this one right here, one here, and one right there. I got a 18mm socket, extension, and a breaker bar. Loosen them up. Once they're loose, I can take a regular ratchet, take them out. These are all loose, I can take them off. Make sure when you take these out you support the bumper so it doesn't fall. Just grab the bumper, pull it forward. It's pretty heavy, so if you need a partner, grab a hand to help you get it off.
All right. Grab the bumper, I'm going to slide it over on this side a little bit and come over here, get it in position. You can have a helper help you out, if you need to. Then I got to rotate it up because I want this bracket to go above that. We'll back it up a little bit. Rotate that, just like that.
Come over to the side, push this in, that. Do the same on the other side. You can take these inner fender wells out if that helps. Just like that. Now, we can put these bolts back in. Get this bolt started, and same with the other ones.
From underneath the vehicle, I'm going to install these two bolts to go on these brackets while those other bolts are still loose just to make sure they line up. I'm going to take a 15mm socket and ratchet, and I'm going to tighten these two lower bolts. Make sure that's tight, same with the other side.
Take an 18mm socket and an extension and we're going to tighten these four bolts. You kind of see where they were mounted before. These holes aren't really slotted, this one is a little bit slotted, the other ones are pretty much fixed. Try to get it in the same location that you had when you took it out. Let's lay these down first, and then we'll tighten it up. I'll just take my breaker bar and tighten these bolts down. And snug those up, those are good and tight.
All right, now we're going to take the grill. Gently line everything up, make sure the wiring harness goes through there. There's a little pin right here, line that up with that bracket. There's a couple of push-pins right there, you push those in right there.
All right, now we're going to take these four screws up top, the bolts. Get these all in up here. Before I tighten those up, I'm going to install the bolts down here, there's four bolts that go in here. One here, here, there, and there. Just using a 10mm socket and an extension, then I'm going to use a ratchet.
Now, I'm going to tighten all these bottom bolts, and then I'll tighten the same ones on top. Next I'm just going to take this bumper trim, line this up in the front. Get it centered in the front, like that. You come over to the side, push this side in. We'll do the same with the other side. There we go.
Take this screw, get this screw started. Then there's another screw that goes through here, and as soon as they're started take the 7mm socket and a ratchet, tighten these down. Do the same for the other side. Take this panel, it's just going to slide in up top. We'll take all these push-pins, and install them.
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