If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most likely wanting to handle almost all of the work to be done on your Dodge Charger, but some are more complicated than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to work on. We want to help you in this task. That’s why in this article we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Dodge Charger. This process is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Dodge Charger, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Dodge Charger
So let’s start our document with the front bumper of your Dodge Charger. To remove it, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to stick to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Dodge Charger in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we encourage you to lift your Dodge Charger and to remove the front wheels to have a best 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 away the wheel arches: They’re also described as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Dodge Charger. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to do 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 at the rear of your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Dodge Charger 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 Dodge Charger 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 almost certainly forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with 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 Dodge Charger, to reassemble it stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Dodge Charger
And to finish, regardless if the operation is quite identical, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Dodge Charger. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.
- Start with performing the same first step, that is, lift your Dodge Charger and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Dodge Charger serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Dodge Charger to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Dodge Charger.
- Take out the lower bindings below your Dodge Charger.
- While doing so, be sure you 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 Dodge Charger, stick to the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Dodge Charger whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are practically the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
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