rear bumper damage plz help

4RnR Grl said:
I've done this pretty much every time I've driven off pavement. It helps if you remove the tail light. Pull the cover inside the cargo area to get to the two nuts. You need a 10mm deep socket to get them off (don't drop them!). Yank hard on the light to pop it out. Remove all the screws and clips in the wheel well. Now.... this part is important because it will keep things from going back together.... I don't know what year your truck is, but on the early 5th gens there is a terribly flimsy metal bracket holding the bottom of the bumper at the back. Get under there to see if there's one. It attaches to the frame and your bumper if it's there. This bracket will keep your bumper from snapping back into place. Remove the bracket and either; A. Throw it out, or B. Straighten it back out and put it back on the truck. After you do that, pull the bumper off just on the edge (where it sits in the body). Look at the long black clip. If any part of it is broken you may not get it seated correctly. Now look below where your tail light was. There's another plastic clip there. It may also be broken. This shouldn't matter. Now start below where the tail light was and carefully press the edge back into the clip using some well placed firm pushes. You should be good. Put all your screws/clips back in the wheel well and put your tail light back in. Good as new. But.... it will probably happen again.

Good luck.
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Truthfully thank you for this. Its a 5th gen model so it does have the black bracket and it is bent. As well one of the clips from the bumper that clips to the frame is is sliced threw the middle of it but it still clips on. I'm going to do what you explained and see if it works. Thanks brotha
 
Señor_Godric said:
Truthfully thank you for this. Its a 5th gen model so it does have the black bracket and it is bent. As well one of the clips from the bumper that clips to the frame is is sliced threw the middle of it but it still clips on. I'm going to do what you explained and see if it works. Thanks brotha
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Not a brotha.... (4RnR Grl) but you're welcome.

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Señor_Godric said:
Lol I'm sorry. I meant sista
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It's ok. I'm used to it around here.

I see the three stooges have hijacked your thread. My apologies.

Hope you get that bumper reseated. As you can see I'm currently in the same boat you are.
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Antman said:
Take the 10mm bolts off around the wheel well that hold the bumper on- pull the entire side loose and straighten those black clips out. You will see how they fit into slots to snap into place. It'll go back on, they are extremely resilient.
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This should do it... this happened to me and it drove my OCD crazy so I took the bumper partially off and straightened the clips and got everything back flush no problem...
 
4RnR Grl said:
It's ok. I'm used to it around here.

I see the three stooges have hijacked your thread. My apologies.

Hope you get that bumper reseated. As you can see I'm currently in the same boat you are.
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See ill take that all day compared to mine lol. Mine the clips are hanging out
 
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