If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly willing to look after the majority of the maintenance to be completed on your Alfa Romeo Giulia, but some are more complex than others and require the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to operate on. We want to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Alfa Romeo Giulia. This process is not very complex and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Alfa Romeo Giulia, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Alfa Romeo Giulia
So let’s start our content page with the front bumper of your Alfa Romeo Giulia. 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 Giulia in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to lift your Alfa Romeo Giulia and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: Would seem evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take off the wheel arches: They’re also referred to 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 Giulia. According to your motor 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 delicately with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
- Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is in back of your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Alfa Romeo Giulia 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 underneath your Alfa Romeo Giulia to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the motor 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 quite likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of employing 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 Giulia, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Alfa Romeo Giulia
And to finish, even if the process is quite identical, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Alfa Romeo Giulia. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.
- Start by executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Alfa Romeo Giulia and take out your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Alfa Romeo Giulia without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Alfa Romeo Giulia to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your Alfa Romeo Giulia.
- Take out the lower bindings underneath your Alfa Romeo Giulia.
- Simultaneously, make sure to 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 Giulia, follow the same operation as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Alfa Romeo Giulia whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are practically the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Alfa Romeo Giulia, do not hesitate to consult our Alfa Romeo Giulia category.
