July 5, 200619 yr 1999 Forester L, all black bumper friend was in a minor accident, someone pushed the front corner forward and pulled the bumper apart. do i need to replace the entire bumper or does this thing have a bumper cover? the front is fine, but it looks like plastic tabs and pieces that bolt behind the bumper are ripped off. not sure if this is part of the "cover" or i need the entire bumper? hints on removing it? fairly straight forward? remove bolts underneath and a couple in the engine bay through the frame rail? friend needs the car so i can't play with it for a few days so to speak.
July 5, 200619 yr Here's a .pdf for the front bumper cover. Some browsers will no longer let you open attachments in a new window. If you can't view it online by clicking on it, detach it and open it.
July 5, 200619 yr Author great info, thanks. viewed and printed it just fine. my friends definitely have some torn plastic pieces behind the bumper. so if the bumper cover doesn't have any pieces that attach to behind the bumper i guess i need the entire bumper beam and not the cover? the bumper beam has plastic like material on it, not just metal?
July 5, 200619 yr There is a metal beam and a styrofoam absorbing insert. Here are 2 add'l .pdf's Just saw your post on the Forester forum also !!
July 5, 200619 yr Author thanks a bunch. i'll look at it again, appears i need the entire bumper. but may be able to reuse the original cover. it's not damaged at all, so if it's not distorted it may be good.
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