Lower Valance removed (with pics)

[Krootz]

I searched the forum for before/after pics of the lower Front bumper valance and didn’t quite find the info I was looking for. I did see how it would look, but not the process involved.

I decided to give it a go today and take the lower piece off of mine. I left the “active air dam” in place (mostly because I was surprised I even had it, I thought it was only on higher trims.)

As far as the removal process...what a pain in the a$$!!
16 nuts (circled in red)
3 plastic push rivets (circles in blue)
2 plastic pop rivets holding the brackets (arrows)

It took every bit of an hour of finagling to get to some of these nuts/rivets.

After I got it all out of there I saw a couple of wire looms (shrouded wiring) dangling and zip tied them up using one of the rivet holes.

All in all it’s not hard to do, just tedious getting to all the fasteners and digging them out. It definitely wasn’t “4 bolts” like I expected.

Just wanted to post this up for anyone looking to do the same, so they know what to expect.

 

[Cableline01]

I searched the forum for before/after pics of the lower Front bumper valance and didn’t quite find the info I was looking for. I did see how it would look, but not the process involved.

I decided to give it a go today and take the lower piece off of mine. I left the “active air dam” in place (mostly because I was surprised I even had it, I thought it was only on higher trims.)

As far as the removal process...what a pain in the a$$!!
16 nuts (circled in red)
3 plastic push rivets (circles in blue)
2 plastic pop rivets holding the brackets (arrows)

It took every bit of an hour of finagling to get to some of these nuts/rivets.

After I got it all out of there I saw a couple of wire looms (shrouded wiring) dangling and zip tied them up using one of the rivet holes.

All in all it’s not hard to do, just tedious getting to all the fasteners and digging them out. It definitely wasn’t “4 bolts” like I expected.

Just wanted to post this up for anyone looking to do the same, so they know what to expect.

You can take the air dam off it does not give any warning light or codes. I have the lower and the air dam and don’t see any decrease in mpg.


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[Firebird]

Just curious as to why you would remove this part?

 

[dts828]

Most if not all do it strictly for appearance.

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[dts828]

Just curious as to why you would remove this part?

Most if not all do it from appearance stand point.

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[Cableline01]

I did it cause its a truck and it does not need to be as low as a car. I think it cleans up the front bumper and makes it look more aggressive. They put them on for that .01 more MPG lol

 

[Krootz]

Just curious as to why you would remove this part?

Hangs down kinda low. Honestly, I came from a lifted Tacoma and loved being able to crash through snow and drive over whatever without worrying about scraping/dragging low hanging body parts. Hell I even cut my exhaust (on my Tacoma) where it dumps just behind the axle because I didn’t like it hanging out the side behind the tire.

Unfortunately, I just put the lower valance back on this morning. The active air dam was visible after removing the lower piece and I didn’t feel like it was worth me removing MORE crap just for the ground clearance.

I’ll re-evaluate it in the winter if it gets in the way once the snow season hits. If I feel it’s hanging up on ice/snow I’ll remove both the active air dam and lower valance like the others on the forum. For now I’ll cruise around and enjoy the 0.002 MPG increase

 

[GrayRam20]

Hey guys, just to be clear.......there are no codes thrown for removing the active air dam..?

If not , ill be taking them off this weekend. as you can see in the pic.....me and the kids like to just do random truck things... the 11yr old tempted this situation lol. berried that front lower valance , thing didnt pop off though. kinda was waiting for it lol

 

[MayhemMOORE]

Hey guys, just to be clear.......there are no codes thrown for removing the active air dam..?

If not , ill be taking them off this weekend. as you can see in the pic.....me and the kids like to just do random truck things... the 11yr old tempted this situation lol. berried that front lower valance , thing didnt pop off though. kinda was waiting for it lol

You won't get any codes that will call for the check engine light to come on, however there may be one stored in the BCM that will be visible if you use a reader, I can't recall for sure if it was there when I removed it on my Bighorn. But in 9K miles I had no light on the dash due to removing it.

 

[Scmil]

I've had mine removed for a few months now and have no lights from removing the dam. Just tape up the connector and ziptie it up and out of the way.

 

[b.w.royder]

Replaced my 19 Laramie front bumper with a ranch hand. Took the drop down air damn out no codes.

 

[GrayRam20]

You won't get any codes that will call for the check engine light to come on, however there may be one stored in the BCM that will be visible if you use a reader, I can't recall for sure if it was there when I removed it on my Bighorn. But in 9K miles I had no light on the dash due to removing it.

Thanks, i ended up taking it all off last week No lights and havent noticed any decrease in MPG (for the driving i do)

I feel better knowing it all isnt down there now, i took the whole assembly off and cant believe it wasnt damaged from my trips to the canals that arent far from me. It was hanging low! IMO.

 

[GrayRam20]

You won't get any codes that will call for the check engine light to come on, however there may be one stored in the BCM that will be visible if you use a reader, I can't recall for sure if it was there when I removed it on my Bighorn. But in 9K miles I had no light on the dash due to removing it.

So removed the lower valance and active air shutter 2 weeks ago, No Codes, and MPGS are the same if not maybe better..???? i did try 93 octane vs 89. first tank was AVG MPG 12.4 2nd tank was 13.2MPG like the look and after getting in there and seeing just how exposed the shutter was , very surprised i never broke it before. ....and now i can also replace the broken grille without bumper removal...win win. I have the new grille just waiting for the temp to come up as ive broken plastic before in the colder temps trying to fix things and made it worse or broke the replacement part .

 

[MayhemMOORE]

So removed the lower valance and active air shutter 2 weeks ago, No Codes, and MPGS are the same if not maybe better..???? i did try 93 octane vs 89. first tank was AVG MPG 12.4 2nd tank was 13.2MPG like the look and after getting in there and seeing just how exposed the shutter was , very surprised i never broke it before. ....and now i can also replace the broken grille without bumper removal...win win. I have the new grille just waiting for the temp to come up as ive broken plastic before in the colder temps trying to fix things and made it worse or broke the replacement part .

Looks good. I'm still tossing around the idea of removing it on my Laramie. It doesn't bother me as much now with the 2" level and larger tires as it did when it was stock. Still have the valance and active air dam from my bighorn sitting on top of the cabinets in the garage, so I've got replacements in the off chance I manage to damage the current one somehow.

 

[WillsterRams]

I have just removed my front bar and valance to put a Bullbar on and the engine light has now come on, is there an easy fix? 2021 Laramie Eco Diesel.

 

[Kwalker88]

Just removed mine and pulled off the plastic bar that rotates down & left the mechanix there, looks great gained about 3-5” extra ground clearance.

 

[Julio13]

I removed both and the next day got an alert on my Uconnect app the day after tried putting aad back and alert was cleared no check engine lights on dash though

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