If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most likely wanting to take care of almost all of the maintenance to be completed on your Chevrolet Cruze, but some are more complicated than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to work on. We would really like to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Chevrolet Cruze. This procedure is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To do so , first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Chevrolet Cruze, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Chevrolet Cruze
So let’s begin our article content with the front bumper of your Chevrolet Cruze. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your Chevrolet Cruze in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we advise you to put your Chevrolet Cruze on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take off 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 Chevrolet Cruze. Dependant on your car features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to accomplish 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 at the rear of your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Chevrolet Cruze 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 below your Chevrolet Cruze 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.
- Make sure 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 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 Cruze, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Chevrolet Cruze
And to conclude, even if the process is quite similar, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Chevrolet Cruze. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.
- Start with performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Chevrolet Cruze and remove your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Chevrolet Cruze without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Chevrolet Cruze to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your Chevrolet Cruze.
- Take away the lower bindings underneath your Chevrolet Cruze.
- At the same time, 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 Chevrolet Cruze, follow the same operation as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Chevrolet Cruze whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are practically the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you want more guides on the Chevrolet Cruze, go to our Chevrolet Cruze category.
