If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re quite likely keen to manage almost all of the maintenance to be completed on your Chevrolet Captiva, but some are more challenging than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to operate on. We would like to help you in this operation. That’s why on this web page we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Chevrolet Captiva. This procedure is not very challenging and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Chevrolet Captiva, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Chevrolet Captiva

So let’s start our article content with the front bumper of your Chevrolet Captiva. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to stick to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Chevrolet Captiva in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more comfy, we advise you to lift your Chevrolet Captiva and to remove the front wheels to have a good 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 known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Chevrolet Captiva. Depending on 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 Chevrolet Captiva 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 under your Chevrolet Captiva 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 perhaps 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 Chevrolet Captiva, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite direction.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Chevrolet Captiva

And to conclude, even if the process is quite identical, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Chevrolet Captiva. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more info.

  • Start by executing the same first step, that is, lift your Chevrolet Captiva and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Chevrolet Captiva without trouble
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Chevrolet Captiva 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 Chevrolet Captiva.
  • Take away the lower bindings underneath your Chevrolet Captiva.
  • At the same time, make sure to un plug 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 Chevrolet Captiva, stick to the same operation as for the front bumper

Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Chevrolet Captiva whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are pretty much the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.

To find more tips on the Chevrolet Captiva, take a look at the Chevrolet Captiva category.