If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly wanting to handle most of the service to be done on your Citroen C5 Aircross, but some are more complicated than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to operate on. We want to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Citroen C5 Aircross. This operation is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few tools. To do so , first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Citroen C5 Aircross, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Citroen C5 Aircross
So let’s start our article content with the front bumper of your Citroen C5 Aircross. 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 in order to disassemble the bumper of your Citroen C5 Aircross in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we encourage you to lift your Citroen C5 Aircross and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect 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 prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Citroen C5 Aircross. According to your motor vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to achieve this, 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 behind your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Citroen C5 Aircross 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 underneath your Citroen C5 Aircross to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the motor vehicle, 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 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 Citroen C5 Aircross, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Citroen C5 Aircross
And to conclude, even if the operation is quite equivalent, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Citroen C5 Aircross. For each stage 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 information.
- Start with undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Citroen C5 Aircross and remove your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Citroen C5 Aircross without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Citroen C5 Aircross to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Citroen C5 Aircross.
- Take away the lower bindings underneath your Citroen C5 Aircross.
- At the same time, make sure 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 Citroen C5 Aircross, adhere to the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Citroen C5 Aircross whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are essentially the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you want more guides on the Citroen C5 Aircross, go to our Citroen C5 Aircross category.
