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Do I Need to Remove Bumper? I have purchased the smoked-out turn signals and new headlight assembly for front of my '06. Does anyone know if I can do this without taking front bumper off?
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the service manual has you remove
the front bumper cover, in order to
change the headlight assembly...
Ford Service Manuals - REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
i know it's a pain to remove the bumper cover,
i've done it several times....
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thanks pal, im gonna give it a go tonight or this weekend i think. Seems so odd that you need to take off the bumper to get at the headlight bulbs.
thanks again
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i think the manual also has you
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hammeron i think the manual also has you
yea. i would think all youd have to do is take the radiator shield off and there would be enough clearance
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Turn signals can be done from the wheel well without removing the cover. But you're out of luck on the headlight buckets. Cover has to come off for them.
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+1 stl, I installed my smoked corners by turning wheel all the way, removing wheel well inner lining (about 4 plastic inbody screws - becareful they break easy) took about twenty minutes to install, was super easy....dont pull the bumper - theres no need!
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Turn signals- turn the wheels to one side, remove the fender liner, pop them out and put in the new ones.
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WhiteSox06GT ...Seems so odd that you need to take off the bumper to get at the headlight bulbs...
If you're only changing the bulbs, you don't have to remove the bumper cover.
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WhiteSox06GT thanks pal, im gonna give it a go tonight or this weekend i think. Seems so odd that you need to take off the bumper to get at the headlight bulbs.
You said 'headlight assembly'. Bulbs--no.
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It took me about an hour to remove the bumper cover the first time.
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WENT WELL!
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pics!
speaking of whitesox06gt, I will be at the white sox game with my 06 GT tonight
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speaking of whitesox06gt, I will be at the white sox game with my 06 GT tonight
Nothin better.....hope the weather holds up for ya! I live right by the ballpark so if I'm outside washin'/waxin' the red dragon I can hear the fireworks!
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Cool. Nice to live by the park. In certain areas of course, lol
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Do I Need to Remove Bumper? 
