If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly eager to manage the majority of the maintenance to be achieved on your Citroen Cactus, but some are more difficult than others and need the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to focus on. We would really like to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Citroen Cactus. This action is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To do so , first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Citroen Cactus, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Citroen Cactus
So let’s start our article content with the front bumper of your Citroen Cactus. To remove it, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to stick to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Citroen Cactus in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we suggest you to put your Citroen Cactus on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Seems evident, 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 Cactus. Depending on your automobile 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 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 locks the front bumper of your Citroen Cactus 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 beneath your Citroen Cactus to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the automobile, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Make sure 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 almost certainly forgot a screw or a clip. Think of using 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 Cactus, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Citroen Cactus
And to conclude, even if the operation is quite identical, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Citroen Cactus. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more information.
- Start by undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Citroen Cactus and remove your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Citroen Cactus serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Citroen Cactus to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your Citroen Cactus.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Citroen Cactus.
- At the same time, 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 Cactus, stick to the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Citroen Cactus whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are more or less the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
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