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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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:
 

Thanks, Jason.  I’ll give it a shot.

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