How to Replace Front Grille 2004-09 Subaru Outback
Created on: 2018-05-30
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step 1 :Removing the Front Bumper Cover
- Remove the plastic push clips at the bottom of the bumper
- Pull the inner fender liner out of the way
- Disconnect the electrical connection
- Remove the clip beneath the exterior fender cover
- Pry out the clips from the exterior fender cover to release it from the bumper cover
- Firmly pull out the sides of the bumper cover
- Pry up the push clips on the grille
- Press in the clips atop the grille with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the bumper cover
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step 2 :Removing the Grille
- Remove the six Phillips screws from the grille
- Slide the grille forward and out
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step 3 :Installing the Grille
- Insert the grille into place
- Tighten the Phillips screws to the grille
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step 4 :Reinstalling the Front Bumper Cover
- Lift the bumper cover into place
- Clip the sides of the bumper cover into place
- Clip the exterior fender liner into place
- Lock the grille clips in
- Press in the push clips to the top of the grille
- Press the push clip beneath the exterior fender liner in
- Snug the fender liner into the bumper cover
- Reconnect the electrical connection
- Reinstall all the plastic push clips back in
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Trim Tool Set
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Open the hood. There's a hood release right here. Pull that back. Hood latch safety is right there. Pull it to left. Then there's a prop rod right here. Stick that right there. We're going to take these clips out. There's one here. I believe there should be one there, but there might be a shield missing. There's one here, here, and here. We're going to use trim tools. We sell these at 1AAuto.com. Just get in here. They are a bit of a struggle.
I'm going to use a flat blade screwdriver just to break this free. This one is a little sticky. I'm going to pull it down a little bit, not too far. Then we should be able to get underneath and pull it out. For the sake of the video, we took the wheel off, but if you had the car on the ground, you can always turn the wheel back and forth to gain access to this. You can do the same procedure for taking these clips out for all the clips. That's all the clips.
Right here there's a clip. I'll pull this clip out. Pull this inner fender well shield out, so we can gain access to the fog light. There's a connector right here. I'm going to push down on the tab and pull the connector straight out. There's the tab. Push down and pull it out.
This part of the fender is intertwined into the bumper, so we need to pull this off a little bit. There is clips that are pushed in right here, but before we do that, we're going to pull that clip out over here. There's going to be one right there. Then we're going to get in under here with our clip tool. Try to pry up a little bit. Do this at the same time. You can grab with your fingers up top. Just pull it out a little bit to get that out of the way. See how it clips it in there. You have to do it together. You can grab this part of the bumper. We're just going to pull firmly like that. There's clips right there to hold it in. Don't forget to pull the clip out on this side. The same as the other side.
Pull this back just a little bit. Get that unlocked. Then grab the bumper, and firmly pull out. We're going to pull these. It snaps out. Using a flat blade tool and our trim tool, and this one too, pull that out. Right along here there's these little clips. Push these down. Pull out on the grille just like that. Like that. Now we're going to grab the bumper. The whole bumper should be loose now. Pull it right off.
All right, to pull the grille out, we've got these six Phillips head screws. Stick your Phillips head screwdriver in to loosen them all up. Take the last screw out, and take the grille, and just slide it forward. That's it.
We're going to slide this back in. We'll take our Phillips head screws and our screwdriver. Install them one at a time. Now it's ready to go back in the vehicle.
We're going to slide this back in. Be careful on the sides. We got the front up here. Just push these in. We're not going to push them all the way down yet. Just like that. Then get it lined up over here. I'm going to line it up with the headlight and push it in. Then on the side and right there. Lock that in. Same with the other side. Line it up with the headlight here. Push it in. Line those tabs up in there. Push that there. Push those on. Now we can push down on these, lock these in. These lock retainers back in.
Now we're going to install the push clip right here on the sides first. Just push it in. Then lock in in like that. Same for the other side. Pull this back. Push that in there, and then lock it in. I'm going to connect our fog light like that to the bulb. Plug the connector in and do the same for the other side. Plus the connector in. Lock it in.
Now we can slide these inner fender wells back in to place. This is going to slide in under here just like that. Then the other side too. Slide this in. Whoops. Underneath here, it's going to slide. It goes on the outside. Push these push clips in right there. Another one right there. Another one right here. Another one right here. Two more right here, and the last one.
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