Just curious, the bumper cover is easy enough to replace, but it looks like the service manual indicates that rivets need to be removed to replace the bumper absorber beneath the cover. Do new rivets need to be used to fasten the new absorber to the bumper cross member? Is this an easy task I can do with a heavy duty rivet gun? The absorber is only about $90 from a ford parts site so it would be cheap as a diy project, just don't want to get to the point of no return and find myself coming up short. I think the damage on the cover is only cosmetic but thought I'd replace the absorber too just to be safe. A cable truck backed into the Taurus at a very low speed.
Thanks!