If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re probably willing to manage the majority of the work to be carried out on your Audi E-Tron, but some are more complicated than others and need the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to work on. We would like to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Audi E-Tron. This task is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few tools. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Audi E-Tron, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Audi E-Tron
So let’s commence our article content with the front bumper of your Audi E-Tron. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Audi E-Tron in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to put your Audi E-Tron on stands 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 away the wheel arches: They’re also named fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Audi E-Tron. According to your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to do this, 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 behind your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Audi E-Tron on the sides.
- Unscrew the screws or remove the clips on the upper part of the bumper in the engine bay.
- Now it’s time to go underneath your Audi E-Tron 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 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 perhaps forgot a screw or a clip. Think of using 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 Audi E-Tron, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Audi E-Tron
And now, even if the process is quite identical, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Audi E-Tron. 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 Audi E-Tron and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Audi E-Tron serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Audi E-Tron to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Audi E-Tron.
- Take out the lower bindings underneath your Audi E-Tron.
- Simultaneously, remember 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 E-Tron, follow the same operation as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Audi E-Tron whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are almost the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Audi E-Tron, do not hesitate to consult our Audi E-Tron category.
