If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re likely willing to look after the majority of the work to be achieved on your Citroen C-crosser, but some are more difficult than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the component you want to operate on. We want to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Citroen C-crosser. This procedure is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Citroen C-crosser, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Citroen C-crosser
So let’s begin our article with the front bumper of your Citroen C-crosser. 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 adhere to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Citroen C-crosser in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we encourage you to put your Citroen C-crosser on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a good 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 named fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Citroen C-crosser. Depending on your car features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to get this done, 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 in back of your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Citroen C-crosser 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 beneath your Citroen C-crosser 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 to 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 almost certainly 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 Citroen C-crosser, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Citroen C-crosser
And to conclude, regardless if the procedure is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Citroen C-crosser. For each step 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 information.
- Start by performing the same first step, that is, lift your Citroen C-crosser and remove your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Citroen C-crosser serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Citroen C-crosser 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 Citroen C-crosser.
- Take out the lower bindings below your Citroen C-crosser.
- At the same time, make sure 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 Citroen C-crosser, adhere to the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Citroen C-crosser whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are essentially the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you want more guides on the Citroen C-crosser, go to our Citroen C-crosser category.
