Pulled the front bumper fascia off the Park Avenue today. What a job, I started out just wanting to rotate the tires, but seeing I had the car in the air I thought I'd try to see why I have fascia droop in the front.
Pulled off the splash shield under the radiator pan and the wheel well extension splash shield. Couldn't see anything there. Removed the turnsiganal assembly. I Could see through the aluminum impact bar that is behind the energy absorber, which is a hard styrofoam.
I see two nuts on threaded studs sticking through the lip of the fender where the fascia meets it. Removed the two nuts. Pull the fascia down and away from the studs and pulled out front corner and it almost fell on the ground. Next I had to remove the passengerside splash shield, the same two nuts and unplug the turnsignal sockets from the housing.
Sitting in front of the car I pulled straight out on the fascia and it was off. Not much to it.
The license plate bracket is riveted onto the fascia and the rivets must go through the styrofoam. I didn't bother with trying to remove it.
I could see a crack about 15 inches long on the top edge of the energy absorber where it would curve down over the top edge of the aluminum impact bar. Two small 4 inch wide blocks of styrofoam that jut out underneath the impact bar are cracked and seem to actually hinge away from the impact bar.
You can lift the fascia up about an 1 or more. Other Buick bumpers I've pulled on don't do this.
I guess the cracked styrofoam is the reason the fascia droops down. My buddy at Chevy said about $81 for a new energy absorber. Boneyards around here don't have anything that will fit.
I did get the wheels rotated & I waxed them too and waxed the inner diameter too.
harryface
05 Park Avenue 37,216 91 Bonnevile 306,382