2016 Ford Transit Rear Bumper Repair

This video covers the removal of bumper covers, replacing the metal bumper and remolding a heavy dent in the cover. This is a 2016 Ford Transit 350 XLT low roof 15 passenger van with parking assist.
Parts and tools used
Tap for bumper -
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The bumper I used -
tinyurl.com/bumperIused
Chapter list
0:00 Intro
0:17 Hating on Ford (sort of)
2:11 Removing the Old Bumper
6:29 Tapping the New Bumper Holes
7:45 Repairing Wires
9:24 Straightening Plastic Side Piece
11:42 Reinstalling Bumper Cover
14:26 Fastening the Wires
15:28 Conclusion
16:59 What I Learned

[@hotw1re]

Solid video

[@jesus14delcampo]

Would I have to remove the whole bumper just to replace the end caps?

[@shembop]

3 of the 4 bolts are covered by the main bumper cover as I recall. You would not have to remove the bumper, but would need to remove the main bumper cover, unless you can just manage to loosen up one side to get a wrench in there. You coud leave it (main bumper cover) sort of hanging and wouldn't have to fully remove the harness etc.

[@richeyanglin5297]

How did you open and straiten the door

[@shembop]

Fortunately for me, once I loosened the metal bumper, it lowered the bumper down enough to open the door. The door itself sits up pretty high behind that plastic trim. perhaps over an inch from the bottom, so the damage to the door was minimal at best. had to get new body clips to reinstall the trim. One thing I don't think I showed is I hooked up my big socket wrench 4" extension to my impact, and lowered (and raised) the tire easy.

[@colinlindsay9503]

Ford may not be clever but who crashed the car lol

[@shembop]

Yeah, backing up slow in a parking lot I was not familiar with. There was a low retaining wall that stuck out. Good times. Had to unpack and pack the van from the side door for the remainder of the trip.

[@ThePlowGuys]

Isn't european engineering great? Wait till you decide to service your transmission. LMAO bring your checkbook with you. Oh and chances are your local garage will NOT do the job. I have over 625 000 KMs on my van and I bought it in June 2017.

[@shembop]

As one person mentioned about some other repairs - The engineers were left unsupervised.