If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most likely willing to manage almost all of the maintenance to be completed on your Alfa Romeo 159, but some are more challenging than others and require the removal of body parts or components to access the component you want to focus on. We really want to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Alfa Romeo 159. This procedure is not very challenging and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Alfa Romeo 159, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Alfa Romeo 159
So let’s begin our content with the front bumper of your Alfa Romeo 159. To remove it, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Alfa Romeo 159 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to lift your Alfa Romeo 159 and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take out the wheel arches: They’re also described as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Alfa Romeo 159. Dependant on your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to get this done, you will just have to use a staple extractor or to do it carefully with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
- Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is from behind your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Alfa Romeo 159 on the sides.
- Unscrew the screws or remove the clips on the upper part of the bumper in the engine compartment.
- Now it’s time to go beneath your Alfa Romeo 159 to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the vehicle, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Be sure you unplug the connection of the plate lighting and the distance control sensor if you have it.
- Carefully remove the front bumper by first unclipping the sides. If it doesn’t come off, you probably forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with a carpet or other to avoid that it gets scratched by touching the ground.
That’s it, you’ve seen all the steps of how to remove the front bumper from your Alfa Romeo 159, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Alfa Romeo 159
And now, whether or not the procedure is quite identical, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Alfa Romeo 159. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.
- Start by performing the same first step, that is, lift your Alfa Romeo 159 and remove your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Alfa Romeo 159 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Alfa Romeo 159 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Alfa Romeo 159.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Alfa Romeo 159.
- At the same time, be sure you disconnect the rear license plate light and the reverse radar sensors if you are equipped with them.
- Unscrew the top brackets from the top of the trunk.
- Now all you have to do is remove the rear bumper from your Alfa Romeo 159, follow the same operation as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Alfa Romeo 159 whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are practically the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you need more tutorials on the Alfa Romeo 159, go to our Alfa Romeo 159 category.
