Installing factory tow hooks on factory bumper

[teamonthree]

Hey guys,

Trying to install my factory tow hooks, but the plastic screws on the plastic part of the bumper wont come off. They just strip.

Happens to each one of them:mad:

What'd you guys do to get your plastic bumper covering off?

[gpb]

Plastic screws? Like the ones at the front of the plastic airdam and on top of the horizontal plastic piece in front of the grille?

They're not really so much screws as they're those push-rivet things. Finesse the screw part out a little 'til you can grab it with needlenose pliers or similar.

[wildandwillin]

Plastic screws? Like the ones at the front of the plastic airdam and on top of the horizontal plastic piece in front of the grille?

They're not really so much screws as they're those push-rivet things. Finesse the screw part out a little 'til you can grab it with needlenose pliers or similar.

yep yep :thumbsup:

[lv jk]

I didn't take any of that stuff of. Just the 4 bolts at the ends to remove the plastic. And then the 8 to disconect the metal bumper from the frame. Make sure you fit the hooks and the plastic bumper together before attaching to the frame. I tightened the hooks down then tried to put the plastic on. No go. Now I have to loosen the bolts up and try again.

[Scooter Scott]

If you are in fact talking about the plastic rivets that hold on the air dam, just kick off the air dam...you dont need it :)