If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re almost certainly eager to manage almost all of the service to be achieved on your Alfa Romeo Gt, but some are more complex than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to operate on. We really want to help you in this task. That’s why in this article we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Alfa Romeo Gt. This process is not very complex and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Alfa Romeo Gt, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Alfa Romeo Gt
So let’s start our content page with the front bumper of your Alfa Romeo Gt. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Alfa Romeo Gt in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we advise you to put your Alfa Romeo Gt on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take out the wheel arches: They’re also identified as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Alfa Romeo Gt. Depending on your automobile features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability 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 Gt 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 below your Alfa Romeo Gt to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the automobile, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Make sure to disconnect 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 most likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with a carpet or other to prevent 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 Gt, to reassemble it stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Alfa Romeo Gt
And to conclude, whether or not the procedure is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Alfa Romeo Gt. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.
- Start with performing the same first step, that is, lift your Alfa Romeo Gt and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Alfa Romeo Gt serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Alfa Romeo Gt to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less complicated to remove the bumper from your Alfa Romeo Gt.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Alfa Romeo Gt.
- At the same time, 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 Gt, stick to the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Alfa Romeo Gt whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are essentially the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Alfa Romeo Gt, do not hesitate to consult our Alfa Romeo Gt category.
