Forester Bumper question

[idosubaru]

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.

[ferret]

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.

[idosubaru]

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?

[ferret]

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 !!

[idosubaru]

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.