How to Remove Front Bumper on 1997-2001 Toyota Camry
Created on: 2016-06-13
Learn how to remove the front bumper to access parts like the horn and temperature sensor with this how-to video
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step 1 :Removing the Bumper
- Remove the two 10mm bolts atop the bumper cover
- Remove the Phillips retainer atop the bumper cover
- Jack up and secure the vehicle on jack stands
- Remove the six 10mm bolts on the bottom of the bumper cover
- Remove the Phillips retainers beneath the bumper
- Remove the inner fender liner
- Remove the 10mm bolt hidden beneath
- Repeat the process on the other side
- Pop out the retainers on the sides of the bumper
- Remove the bumper cover
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step 2 :Installing the Bumper
- Insert the Styrofoam bumper support into place
- Secure the bumper into place with tape
- Insert the bumper into place
- Tighten the 10mm bolts on the top of the bumper cover
- Tighten the Phillips retainer atop the bumper cover
- Interlock the retainers from the fender cover beneath the bumper
- Tighten the six 10mm bolts to the bottom of the bumper cover
- Tighten the two Phillips retainers beneath the bumper
- Tighten the 10mm screw on the end of the bumper
- Press the fender into place
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Jack Stands
Painter's Tape
10mm Socket
Ratchet
Floor Jack
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In this video we show you how to remove and reinstall the front bumper on this 1998 Toyota Camry. You'll need a 10mm socket with a ratchet and extension, a Philips screwdriver, flat-head screwdriver, and you might want jack and jack stands to lift up the vehicle to make it a little easier.
Hi, I'm Tony from 1A Auto. Today, we're going to show you how to remove the front bumper cover on your 1998 Toyota Camry. This could have been cracked or damaged and needs to be replaced, or you could be removing to access your headlights, washer reservoir, and several other things on the front of the vehicle. Remove the two 10 mm bolts at the top of the bumper. There's also a plastic Philips head retainer that belongs here. Our vehicle's missing it. Just use a number 2 Phillips screwdriver to back it out, pull the clip out of the grill. Using the 10 mm socket and ratchet, remove the two bolts from the top of your bumper cover.
We're going to bring the vehicle up on a lift to make it easier to show you what we're doing, but this bumper can easily be removed at home on a jack and jack stands. Remove the six 10mm bolts at the bottom of the bumper cover. Ours is missing one here, the last one at the end. Using the 10mm socket and ratchet, remove your lower bumper bolts. Underneath the bumper, we have a Phillips head plastic retainer. Another one should be here. Remove both if you have them by unscrewing it with a number two Phillips screwdriver, popping the clip out of the hole. This retainer works by being clamped into the hole, and as you send this screw in, the screw wedges the retainer apart at the end, makes it wider so this part anchors into the inside of the hole.
Remove the inner fender liner to access the 10mm bolt for the bumper. Repeat this step on the opposite side. When removing the last bolt, be sure to keep a hand on the bumper cover to keep it from falling off. Pop out the retainers on the sides of the bumper. Pull the bumper straight out.
Your styrofoam bumper support sits on the vehicle like this. Ours is broken quite a bit, so we've taped it back together here. To make it easier to install our bumper, we're going to take some painter's, or masking tape, whatever you have handy. Just put one or two wraps on either side around the support to help keep it in place when we reinstall our bumper.
Reinstall the bumper over your support. Tap the edges in at the fenders. Begin reinstalling your hardware. Reinstall the hardware, the 10mm bolt, with a socket and ratchet, on the top corners of your bumper cover. If you have the plastic clip for the center, pop it in there. These little plastic taps are what screw this. These little plastic tabs are what hold the screws for the inner wheel well to attach to the bottom of the bumper, so before you install your hardware you want to make sure that they're all interlocked.
Install the plastic clip back into the hole in the bumper. Tighten it down with a number 2 Phillips head screwdriver. Repeat this step on the other side if you have the clip that we're missing.
Reinstall the 10mm screw on the end of the bumper. Snap your fender liner back into place. Repeat these steps on the opposite side.
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