Front Bumper & Headlight Removal 2006 TX AWD

[ModchipMan]

You need to remove the bumper outer and inner to remove the headlights.

Tools Required:


Stubbie Philips Head Screwdriver
8mm Deep Socket plus short extension bar
10mm Socket
Stanley Knife
Plastic solid flat tool.

Best way to get these screw clips out, is use a knife under the screw edge to lift while you undo the plastic screw with a screw driver.
If that fails then just cut them off and replace them, ebay has them for sale.



First remove the Grill 2x plastic screw clips one on each side, left the grill out

 

Now remove the front lower stone tray, 3 x plastic screw clips



Pull it down at the back to release the clips into bumper bar

Then slide forward and off.


Now remove lower under tray with 13 x 8mm headed self tapping screws.


Now remove 2 x plastic screw clips and 1 x self tapping screw from each side in the wheel arch.

then peel back the inner liner so you can get your hand in

unclip the bumper ends  with a plastic tool so you dont damage the paint


In the inner guards where you peeled back liner there is 1 x 8mm bolt and 1 x 8mm nut on a long thread so you need a deep socket here.

It should move away a bit at the bottom now


Now remove the clips at the top of the bumper one on each side.


and the bumper outer cover should slide off.


Now the inner bumper is easy just 1 x 10mm nuts and  x 10mm bolts on each side


The head lights have 4 bolts 2 on top and 2 on the bottom. The 2nd pic is why you have to remove bumper to get headlights out.


Let the headlight hang out to get to the light bulb connectors.
Squeeze them in on the sides to unplug.


Thats it !!!

[drewqld]

Hi MM

Just wanted to thank you for this tutorial. Had to take a left headlight off to drain water out, dry it, silicone and reinstall. Don’t think I could have done it without your great work above. My only issues were an extra small bolt above the long threaded one in step 11. Until I found it (by feel only) I was unable to work out how then the bumper was meant to come off. And a stubborn bolt on my inner bumper panel that I couldn’t remove, fortunately was able to wriggle the headlight out anyway.

Have a great Christmas - you just saved me several hundred bucks having this fixed at the local Ford place.

Cheers

Drew

[Lucas]

Hi MM

Just wanted to thank you for this tutorial. Had to take a left headlight off to drain water out, dry it, silicone and reinstall. Don’t think I could have done it without your great work above. My only issues were an extra small bolt above the long threaded one in step 11. Until I found it (by feel only) I was unable to work out how then the bumper was meant to come off. And a stubborn bolt on my inner bumper panel that I couldn’t remove, fortunately was able to wriggle the headlight out anyway.

Have a great Christmas - you just saved me several hundred bucks having this fixed at the local Ford place.

Cheers

Drew

Great guide. Thanks.

One comment:  

You might need a 5/16 deep socket instead of a 8mm deep socket, if the 8mm nut has been removed before and rounded a little.