If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most likely wanting to handle most of the maintenance to be done on your Citroen C4 Cactus, but some are more challenging than others and need the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to operate on. We really want to help you in this process. That’s why in this article we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Citroen C4 Cactus. This task is not very challenging and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Citroen C4 Cactus, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Citroen C4 Cactus
So let’s start our content page with the front bumper of your Citroen C4 Cactus. To remove it, you will just need 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 C4 Cactus in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we suggest you to put your Citroen C4 Cactus 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 away the wheel arches: They’re also referred to as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Citroen C4 Cactus. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to get this done, you will just have to use a staple extractor or to do it carefully 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 seals the front bumper of your Citroen C4 Cactus 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 under your Citroen C4 Cactus 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 quite likely 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 C4 Cactus, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Citroen C4 Cactus
And now, even if the procedure is quite similar, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Citroen C4 Cactus. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.
- Start by executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Citroen C4 Cactus and remove your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Citroen C4 Cactus serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Citroen C4 Cactus 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 Citroen C4 Cactus.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Citroen C4 Cactus.
- While doing so, 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 Citroen C4 Cactus, 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 Citroen C4 Cactus 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.
If you want more tutorials on the Citroen C4 Cactus, go to our Citroen C4 Cactus category.
