How to Replace Front Grille 2013-18 Ram 1500

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In this video we're going to removing and reinstalling a grille in a 2016 Ram 1500 pickup. If you need parts for your vehicle, click the link the description and head over to 1AAuto.com.

We're going to open the hood right under your steering wheel. This little lever pops the hood. The hood safety latch is right here. I'm going to pull it to the left and pull up. We're going to pull this panel off. There's some clips. You're going to use a clip tool to get underneath here. There's one over here too. It's easier if you go under it and pry up on it. You could go underneath the clip and pry, but sometimes you break the clip, so we'll just go underneath it and pry up. Pry that up, and then we just pull this off and pull it out of the way.

We're going to take these four bolts out right here. They're 10 millimeters. We use a 10-millimeter socket and a ratchet. So down here, there's a clip that holds it in. I'm going to use a flat blade screwdriver. These clips sometimes break, so just be careful. Just pop it out like that, and there's another clip further down. You can't see it. And then on the other side is the same. Clip right there. Pull that out.

Then we're going to use some trim tools. We actually sell these at 1AAuto.com. We're going to go under here. You want to be careful not to scratch the paint. But there is some of the retainers under here. And I'll show you these better once the grille is out. Okay, right there. Well, and then we're going to grab on the grille and pull forward, release that one. There's one over here as well, and then there's also one in the middle. Go ahead and release this, and then there's one more in the middle here. The whole grille comes out.

These are the retainers clips, hold it in. There's a clip there, clip there and then one on that side, one right there. Going to put this on.

Keep in mind to keep this up, that little rubber piece. Going to line up those. We're going to line these lock tabs with those holes. If you get it lined up top, you can push in the bottom and it should lock in. So we have these four 10-millimeter bolts that are going back in. These ones are going to go into the plastic, the ones that look more aggressive and the tighter threads. These will go right there. And then these little ones are going to go in the center into the metal frame.

So we'll start all those first. Now we'll tighten these down with our 10-millimeter socket and extension and ratchet. Tighten it snug. And the last one. We're going to put this cover on. Get all the holes lined up for the pushpins. Push those in. Then, right there.

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