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Front Bumper License Plate Frame

I noticed today that my front bumper license plate frame has a dent. Ugg! Is this something than I can push out/hammer out from the back side (and re-chrome is necessary) or should I just replace it (if I can find a suitable replacement. Sorry about the size of the pic. I don't know how to shrink it. If you scroll down, you'll see the dent. Thank you.

Mike

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Permalink Reply by Jason Edge on January 22, 2022 at 11:13pm

The front lower license guard removes from the lower center bumper bar via the 4 carriage bolts you see. You usually need to soak the bolts with PB blaster overnight unless they have been removed before. You can what I think they call a cross peen hammer (I have seen various names for it) as seen below. Take the straight blunt side and put in the crease and hit with another large (e.g. 5 lb hammer) to push out. I've punched some dents out like that but the never look like new.

Here is that hammer:

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Permalink Reply by Michael Vogler on January 23, 2022 at 5:37pm

Thanks, Jason. I’ll give it a shot.

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