Anyone got a step by step on removing the front bumper cover? I've gotten a 30" LED light bar for the lower grille opening. I assume the grille must come off first? Bolts, or just clips? How many? Any help is appreciated, for the grille and bumper cover both. Thanks, guys..
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Lower bumper removal?
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Paranormal
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I believe that the lower grille is held by clips and it comes off by pushing it inwards. I just finished reading that the grille has to come off also if you are going to install lights. Scroll down this link for more detailed info. Good luck.
http://schwarttzy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Hummer-H3-Bumpers-Fascias.pdf
http://schwarttzy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Hummer-H3-Bumpers-Fascias.pdf
Ghostbuster
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I didn't have to take my lower bumper off to mount my 30 inch light bar.
I think the main grille has 4-6 bolts and a couple clips and it pops off.
The lower small grille pops out, the. You should have all the room you need to install the light bar.
I mounted mine with the included mount that came with the bar. There are two holes in the front bumper support that are used for clips for the bumper, if I remember correctly. I just put the bolt through the holes that were already there and mounted it up.
Here are some pics: I hope they help.
You can see the tops of the two bolts in this pic:
mounts that came with the light bar:
I think the main grille has 4-6 bolts and a couple clips and it pops off.
The lower small grille pops out, the. You should have all the room you need to install the light bar.
I mounted mine with the included mount that came with the bar. There are two holes in the front bumper support that are used for clips for the bumper, if I remember correctly. I just put the bolt through the holes that were already there and mounted it up.
Here are some pics: I hope they help.
You can see the tops of the two bolts in this pic:
mounts that came with the light bar:
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Thanks guys, It looks like the lower bumper cover removal is pretty involved. Hopefully, removing just the upper grille will give me enough room to work. My 30" has different brackets than Ghostbuster (mine mounts from the ends), but I think it will be doable once the upper grille is removed.
Paranormal
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The grille is attached with 4 10mm bolts that you can see when looking at it straight from the front. There are 2 additional 10mm nuts, one at each end. You can see these when you open your hood, they are on top near the headlights. There are 2clips that attach the grille to each headlight assembly. BE CAREFUL pulling the grille straight back to disengage the clips. If you break one, let me know, I can give you the part number. One of my clips was missing when I changed my headlight and had to buy one on Ebay. Good luck
OK, got it done. My Alpha had an additional radiator shroud between the grille and the radiator, directing air from the front into the radiator. It was narrower than the lower grille grate's width, which made it impossible to remove that grate (trust me, I tried!). Ended up removing the entire bumper; really wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be (8 bolts, 4 clips). Here's a shot with that shroud shown, and a couple of slots that I had to cut out (shown in red) for the light bar to fit:
The mounting brackets for each end of the LED lightbar had to be bent and twisted a bit, but then they bolted to the the inside bumper supports on either side (sorry, no pics of the actual mounts). Here's the finished product!:
It's a single row, 30", with 30 5W Cree LEDs. 150W, nearly 15,000 lumens. The nice thing with the single row is that I still left about half of the open area for airflow to the radiator.
I have a single row 50" on the way (should be here any day) for the roofline. I already have G2 mounts, so I'm looking forward to 400W/40,000 lumens of LED lighting!!!
The mounting brackets for each end of the LED lightbar had to be bent and twisted a bit, but then they bolted to the the inside bumper supports on either side (sorry, no pics of the actual mounts). Here's the finished product!:
It's a single row, 30", with 30 5W Cree LEDs. 150W, nearly 15,000 lumens. The nice thing with the single row is that I still left about half of the open area for airflow to the radiator.
I have a single row 50" on the way (should be here any day) for the roofline. I already have G2 mounts, so I'm looking forward to 400W/40,000 lumens of LED lighting!!!
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