If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most likely willing to take care of most of the maintenance to be carried out on your Audi A1, but some are more complicated than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to operate on. We want to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Audi A1. This procedure is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Audi A1, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Audi A1
So let’s commence our content with the front bumper of your Audi A1. 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 follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Audi A1 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we recommend you to lift your Audi A1 and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Would seem evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take out the wheel arches: They’re also called fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Audi A1. According to your motor vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to achieve this, 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 in back of your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Audi A1 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 under your Audi A1 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.
- Remember to 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 most likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of using 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 Audi A1, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Audi A1
And to conclude, even if the procedure is quite identical, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Audi A1. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.
- Start with carrying out the same first stage, that is, lift your Audi A1 and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Audi A1 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Audi A1 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Audi A1.
- Take off the lower bindings underneath your Audi A1.
- 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 Audi A1, follow the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Audi A1 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 further questions about the Audi A1, do not hesitate to consult our Audi A1 category.
