■ CAUTION ■ The bumper fascia is made of resin. Never apply strong force to it, and be careful to prevent contact with oil. REMOVAL

1.Open hood.

2.Apply protective tape (A) to protect the front fender (1) (LH/RH) from damage.

3.Disengage the clips (A), and then remove the radiator cover.

4.Remove the clips (A) from the top surface of bumper fascia.

5.Remove the engine under cover. Refer to Removal and Installation.

6.Disengage the pawls and the metal clips with the remover tool (A), and then remove the side turn signal lamps (1) (LH/RH).
Refer to Removal and Installation.

| : Pawl
| : Metal clip

7.Remove the fender protector (front). Refer to Removal and Installation.

8.Remove the screws connecting the front fender and the bumper fascia (LH/RH).

| : Screw

9.Pull bumper fascia (2) in the direction shown in the figure while lifting up both sides, and then disengage if from the bumper side bracket (1).
■ CAUTION ■
Never damage the pawls integrated with the bumper fascia and bumper side bracket during removal.

| : Pawl

10.Pull the bumper fascia toward vehicle front, and then disengage it from the bumper side bracket clip on the LH/RH head lamp lower end.

11.Remove the bumper fascia.
■ CAUTION ■
When removing bumper fascia, 2 workers are required so as to prevent it from dropping.

12.Remove the following parts after removing the bumper fascia.

- Hood front seal: Refer to Exploded View.
- Front bumper finisher A
  Disengage the clips from back of bumper fascia (2), and then remove the front bumper finisher A (1) in the order 1–2 as shown in the figure.
- Front bumper finisher B
  Disengage the pawls from the back of the bumper fascia (1), and then remove the front bumper finisher B (2).
- Front bumper grilleDisengage the pawls from the back of the bumper fascia, and then remove the front bumper grille (3).

  | : Pawl

- Front emblem
  Remove the mounting screws, and then remove the front emblem (3) from the front bumper finisher B (1). Disengage pawls, and then remove the front emblem bracket (2).

  | : Pawl

- Disengage the mounting screws and pawls, and then remove the front emblem.
- Bumper side bracket (LH/RH).
  Remove the rivet (A), and then remove the bumper side bracket (1) from the bumper fascia (2).

NOTE：
Removal and installation of rivet

- Grind the head of rivet (1) with a drill (A) [bit of φ 4.0 – 4.5 mm (φ 0.157 – 0.177 in)], and then remove the bumper side bracket.
- Securely crimp the bumper side bracket with the bumper fascia using a hand riveter (B).

Bumper side bracket
Crimping thickness | : 1.2 – 6.4 mm (0.047 – 0.252 in)
Prepared hole diameter | : φ 4.1 –φ 4.4 mm (0.161 – 0.173 in)
Used rivet head diameter | : φ 8.0 mm (0.315 in)

13.Remove the energy absorber.

14.Remove the mounting bolts (A) and (B), and then remove the bumper brackets (1) (LH/RH).

15.Remove the mounting bolts, and then remove the bumper reinforcement with power tool.

INSTALLATION
Note the following, and install in the reverse order of removal.
If front bumper fascia is replaced with new one, install blind nut following the steps as below.

1.Make a hole in the front bumper fascia with drill, shown in the figure.

Dimension
A: Distance from vehicle center | : 88.9 mm (3.500 in)
B: Distance from edge | : 41.6 mm (1.638 in)
C: Hole size | : φ 9.7 mm (0.382 in)

2.Insert blind nut (A) to hand nut rivet setter (B).

3.Set blind nut with hand nut rivet setter (A).

■ CAUTION ■
Tighten the bumper brackets (LH/RH) and the bumper reinforcement after installing the engine undercover because the structure is so designed not to have any dimensional fluctuation between bumper reinforcement and engine under cover.
NOTE：
Clearance between front bumper and each unit.

Portion | Clearance | Surface height difference
Front bumper and hood | A – A | 1.5 – 5.5 mm (0.059 – 0.217 in) | −2.0 – 0.0 mm (−0.079 – 0.000 in)
Front bumper and head lamp | B – B | 0.5 – 3.5 mm (0.020 – 0.138 in) | —
Front bumper and front fender | C – C | 0.0 – 0.8 mm (0.000 – 0.031 in) | −0.2 – 1.8 mm (−0.008 – 0.071 in)
Front bumper and engine undercover | D – D | 0.0 – 1.0 mm (0.000 – 0.039 in) | −1.0 – 1.0 mm (−0.039 – 0.039 in)