Front bumper reinforcements
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:09 pm
I replaced my front bumper cover on the '14 due to the holes from the pushbumper. Took it to the bodyshop, since it had to be painted and I don't do paint. So now it's waiting to go on, since I'm missing parts called the bumper reinforcement brackets and bolts. They apparently weren't on there when I brought it in. Trying to figure out exactly how this goes together on the fender attachment. I got a photo from one of the posts here, showing the "nuts" extend up from the bumper and go into holes in the fender. That photo is attached.
So the GM parts catalog lists a bolt, part 92264373,#3, a nut, part 92138829,#4, and a "reinforcement" which is part 92251330, #2, that looks like it has a bracket and two bolts and nuts. That photo is also attached.
I noticed my bumper has a threaded, hex shaped insert in it already. It doesn't extend up, though, it's flush with the top of the bumper.
Can someone help me out with the way these all bolt together? And should I be ordering just the bolts, or the whole kit? Where does the little bracket go, between the bumper and fender? All the parts are on backorder, two weeks eta. There's nothing being parted out that I can find anywhere close, I've got a couple of calls in to New York to see if they can pull them for me. Do I need the bracket? Can I just use some big washers and get the same effect until the parts come in? The body shop is getting a little upset with a low dollar job sitting there taking up space for three weeks just to install four bolts. I told them I'll pick it up as soon as it's done, but it's not my fault they didn't order the parts up front.
Any help on temporary attachment or how this actually goes together when the parts do arrive is appreciated. I'm thinking the bolt goes into the bumper first, then the bracket piece, then that assembly goes throught the fender hole and maybe rotates to secure it? The bracket looks too be to go into the fender, but I cant figure out what the bolt threads into to hold it to the fender.
So the GM parts catalog lists a bolt, part 92264373,#3, a nut, part 92138829,#4, and a "reinforcement" which is part 92251330, #2, that looks like it has a bracket and two bolts and nuts. That photo is also attached.
I noticed my bumper has a threaded, hex shaped insert in it already. It doesn't extend up, though, it's flush with the top of the bumper.
Can someone help me out with the way these all bolt together? And should I be ordering just the bolts, or the whole kit? Where does the little bracket go, between the bumper and fender? All the parts are on backorder, two weeks eta. There's nothing being parted out that I can find anywhere close, I've got a couple of calls in to New York to see if they can pull them for me. Do I need the bracket? Can I just use some big washers and get the same effect until the parts come in? The body shop is getting a little upset with a low dollar job sitting there taking up space for three weeks just to install four bolts. I told them I'll pick it up as soon as it's done, but it's not my fault they didn't order the parts up front.
Any help on temporary attachment or how this actually goes together when the parts do arrive is appreciated. I'm thinking the bolt goes into the bumper first, then the bracket piece, then that assembly goes throught the fender hole and maybe rotates to secure it? The bracket looks too be to go into the fender, but I cant figure out what the bolt threads into to hold it to the fender.