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bumper skirt
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:31 am
by coolen
hey everyone!
how difficult is it to remove the front bumper skirt on these vans? Just a few bolts? I've got some welding to do behind there, and I haven't had one of these front ends apart yet.
Thanks
Re: bumper skirt
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:46 am
by CaptSquid
It's called a FRONT AIR DAM, not a skirt, and yes, it's held on by a few screws.
Re: bumper skirt
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:00 pm
by LiftedAWDAstro
I assume you are talking the 95...
You need to remove the 3 or 4 push pins under the cover as well as the 2 bolts at the lower front corner support braces. You the remove the 2 bolts that joint the cover to the front fenders. It should then fall right off.
Re: bumper skirt
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:26 am
by coolen
well i took the bumper COVER
off yesterday, and to my amazment there was hardly a bumper left behind there. i've got a safety check coming up, so my question is, would the older style bumpers fit on the newer style vans without the cover over it? if it did i think it would look kinda neat. plus it would save me some cash. i'd just swap bumpers for the inspection. i don't even know if that will affect my inspection. i doctored it up quite a bit, but it's the supports that are in behind it that are kinda buggered.
thanks
Re: bumper skirt
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:15 am
by CaptSquid
I would think that all the bumpers should be exchangeable. I take it that you have a bad cae of sodium chloride cancer of the bumper.
Re: bumper skirt
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:37 pm
by coolen
definitly got a bad case of somethin' under there. it's a shame, a darn shame.
i was thinking that maybe the bumper off the old style vans would fit in behind the newer style vans' bumper cover.
Re: bumper skirt
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:13 pm
by CaptSquid
Who knows? Give it a shot.
Re: bumper skirt
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:23 pm
by dean89
I think suicidedoor86? or someone else said that they cut down the ends of the old bumper and added the holes to attach the new style cover. I would think that the only part that would be different for you would be that the bumper would need to be off of a later first gen van so that the brackets to the frame horn would be the same, iirc the mounts changed somewhere around 90-92.
Re: bumper skirt
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:16 am
by coolen
well, the bumper i may try is off a 94. my safari is 95. worst case senario is i have to drill a couple new bolt holes i guess. i wouldn't even care if the cover went over it if it looked ok. when i do it i'll post some pics.