How to remove front bumper valence panel?

I was wondering how to remove the front bumper lower valence panel ? I scuffed mine up pretty bad and am going to replace it. Plus, I am not going to drill in the new one (have a drill less license plate set up in mind). Any online instructions or guides ?

Thanks !

 

You will need to remove the bumper to take it off. It has numerous tabs and also has a sliding tab on each side that you need to take off. I don't have no pix or write up for this because the bumper I worked on was already off the truck...

 

Dam, it requires the removal of the entire front bumper ?!

 

It would be easier that way. You might be able to remove the front grill and reach way down in the bumper and try it that way.

 

Alright thanks ! Just curious, is the front bumper a PIA to uninstall ?

 

Not sure. The bumper I worked on was already uninstalled.

 

Got this from another thread. Looks like you don't have to remove the bumper. Once you follow the steps it will make more sense to you...

 

awesome thank you !!!

 

Also, what thread did you get that from just in case I have any more questions ?

 

Can't remember. I used the search function with keywords "bumper removal" and only selected the 3rd Gen forums to be searched...

 

Found it, thanks again Syngergy. I like your 2016 too !

For others who will search this thread in the future, here is the original thread that syngergy001 pulled removal info from : https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/front-bumper-trim.441303/#post-13033804

 

No problem and thanks!

 

All you have to do is to click the little ↑ next to the quoter's name, to get to the original post.

 

Hey Drade let me know if that trim piece was easy to replace. Have to replace mine as well...a little scared...

 

It comes in this Thursday. Putting it on this weekend !

 

Subbed. Will remove / replace the front bumper panel in the near future.

 

Youtube Taco Bandit. He replaced his.

 

Any tips/tricks on removing the front valence trim piece? I removed the two blue plastic clips inside the bumper but couldn't get the other clips out from the inside. I watched Taco Bandit's video on Youtube but it seems that he just ended up cutting some of the plastic clips to get it out.

 

It’s been almost a year since I did this, but I remember the blue clips were the most troublesome for me. I ended up just cutting around them since I was replacing the valance with a new one. I can’t remember exactly how the other clips come off but I didn’t do anything clever or complex to remove them. Do you just push up or down a bit to loosen so they can slide out? I wish I had a better memory. Good luck.