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Has anybody purchased a new front bumper? I'm looking for prices, and the dealer claimed that the bumper on the 06 was in two pieces, upper and lower. I can't see how. It sure looks like one piece to me. Also, has anybody replaced the front bumper? Is it a possible DIY job? I don't really do much body work.

Quote, originally posted by kunkstyle »Has anybody purchased a new front bumper? I'm looking for prices, and the dealer claimed that the bumper on the 06 was in two pieces, upper and lower. I can't see how. It sure looks like one piece to me. There is a thread from a long time ago that talked about this and has the answer you are looking for; I will try to search and find it. As for replacing the bumper; Ragingfish had an excellent thread on removing the front bumper and there are also pictures of KeithVibe taking his off - if he can do it, anyone can. Here is the link to Ragingfish's write-up: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=12551

you can take the front bumper off yourself. Don't know if my in-laws still have the 03/04 silver one I had anymore, but since they bought our 04 Fusion Vibe last year, probably hanging onto it just in case.

Quote, originally posted by ou.grizzly »As for replacing the bumper; Ragingfish had an excellent thread on removing the front bumper and there are also pictures of KeithVibe taking his off - if he can do it, anyone can. yea it's very easy.take all of 5mins to take the bumper off. It is one piece Just don't forget to to unplug the fog light harness from the bulbs before you start to pull it away.

Well that's good news. My wife clipped a snowbank and a sign and I was really hoping to avoid the rigamarole of going through rcmp/insurance/auto bodys. It looks as though the damage is localized to the bottom bumper and grills only.Thanks a lot for pointing me to that thread (and the write up itself). That should save me a bundle.