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Old 07-01-2011, 11:10 PM
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The corner of the front bumper on my car has come loose. It is where the bumper meets the headlight and corner of the hood. Anybody else experience this?
There doesn't seem to be any broken clips or bolts that I can see. I tried pushing it down, but it doesn't stay down.

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Old 07-01-2011, 11:29 PM
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Pretty common problem actually. The clip inside probably doesn't look broken, but it probably is. You can lift the edge up carefully to look at it and replace the clip if need be then just pop it back down. Happened to mine at about 25k, took about 5 minutes at $3 to fix.
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Where can I buy the clip? Is it available at auto parts stores?
Old 07-01-2011, 11:41 PM
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Any Chev dealer. Mine had plenty in stock and said it happens all the time.
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Yup, mine has it right now, opposite side. Thanks for asking
Old 07-02-2011, 09:09 AM
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Thank You much
Old 07-02-2011, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by HeyDanNiceShot
Pretty common problem actually. Happened to mine at about 25k, took about 5 minutes at $3 to fix.
How do you change it....what's the procedure? Thanks
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Is there a part number available?
Thanks.
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Ok, found part numbers in case anyone needs them

11561329
11609871

Ordered from Gene Culley.
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Went to the dealer and bought a clip. Here's a photo of it (PN 11561329, as lemans said). Not sure what 11608971 is.

You may need to unscrew some of the four 7mm screws holding the front bumper to the frame to allow access to replace the clip. Part of my clip had broken off so I just cut the rest off and installed the new one. Push the pointy edge into the hole in the front of the fender. Then clip the front bumper to the back.

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There is a current thread on same subject over on the Tech forum with additional pictures....

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...post1578029070
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Originally Posted by nhpln
Part of my clip had broken off so I just cut the rest off and installed the new one. Push the pointy edge into the hole in the front of the fender. Then clip the front bumper to the back.
That's exactly what I did.
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Thanks folks

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