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Reinstall New Bumper and Grille

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TOYOTA TACOMA V/S DEER..MY WIFE IS OK...NOW LETS FIX THE TRUCK TOGETHER!!

What happens here

The presenter mentions having to acquire missing clips and tabs from a Toyota dealership, using schematics they provided. He shows the installation of a new support bracket, noting the multitude of stickers he has to remove from new parts. He demonstrates installing the new bumper cover and securing it with bolts using a ratchet. The process implies securing all components properly to restore the truck's appearance. He finishes the full reassembly with help from another person, resulting in the truck appearing brand new.

Goal: The new bumper cover and grille are reinstalled, along with any necessary clips and tabs, to complete the front-end repair.

Tools and materials

  • New bumper cover
  • New clips and tabs
  • New grille
  • New support brackets
  • Ratchet

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brackets that were bent and twisted and we're gonna put those new support brackets in and I have a bumper and a new lower valence piece right here I don't know exactly what you call it it's like a decorative piece but I have a new bumper cover and I have this piece right here and guys this stuff really isn't made out of much of anything so let's get busy here basically I have everything zip tied together okay and the reason I zip tied everything together is just because it's purely simple and easy I've got a bucket and nuts and bolts and fasteners on this little cart over here and we're gonna whip this job out hopefully it won't take me about about an hour and we'll have it looking as good as new so the first thing I'm gonna do here is I'm gonna lay out a little blankie to work on so I don't have to work on the cold concrete floor here it's about 35 degrees outside so it's a little bit on the chilly side we'll get under here with some snips and we'll snip out all these zip ties that I'm holding staying together with right now right under here just had the bumper held together some trusty heavy-duty zip ties here so that my wife's bumper didn't go flying off the side of the road and I've probably used about 50 too many zip ties but better safe than sorry a real trick to all this is remembering where I put all the zip ties we used advanced redneck technology to keep this thing together it's the old bumper go bye-bye so the next piece we have to remove is our grille okay and it's held in with just a couple screws and a couple little snaps not much to it really a couple more zip ties out of here and we're done there's your grille and we're not going to toss this grille to the side this grill cover is brand new I just popped it over top of the insert so this is an insert and that is a cover that snaps into place right there now let me bring in here a little closer so you can see the actual damage that was done to the vehicle here okay it really didn't hurt anything other than mostly cosmetic stuff but it did whack pretty hard on the radiator support let me show you so right here's a radiator support that was damaged and basically it's moved in yeah probably that much right there so I've got a slide hammer kit and we're gonna try to hook on the other side of this and pull it out just a little bit more so that everything lines up appropriately I've got a few other things that are kind of zip tied in place right here but the biggest issue was the movement you can…

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