If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most certainly eager to handle the vast majority of the work to be carried out on your Cadillac DTS, but some are more challenging than others and need the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to operate on. We want to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Cadillac DTS. This procedure is not very challenging and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Cadillac DTS, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Cadillac DTS

So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Cadillac DTS. To remove it, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to adhere to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Cadillac DTS in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more comfy, we advise you to put your Cadillac DTS on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
  • Open the bonnet of your automobile: Seems evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
  • Take off the wheel arches: They’re also described as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Cadillac DTS. According to your car 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 gently 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 seals the front bumper of your Cadillac DTS 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 beneath your Cadillac DTS to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the car, 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 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 Cadillac DTS, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite way.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Cadillac DTS

And now, regardless if the procedure is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Cadillac DTS. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.

  • Start by undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Cadillac DTS and remove your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Cadillac DTS without trouble
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Cadillac DTS to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Cadillac DTS.
  • Remove the lower bindings below your Cadillac DTS.
  • Simultaneously, make sure 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 Cadillac DTS, adhere to the same process as for the front bumper

Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Cadillac DTS whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are pretty much the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.

If you need more guides on the Cadillac DTS, go to our Cadillac DTS category.