If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re probably wanting to manage almost all of the service to be completed on your Fiat 500 X, but some are more challenging than others and need the removal of body parts or parts to access the component you want to work on. We want to help you in this process. That’s why on this web page we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Fiat 500 X. This operation is not very challenging 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 Fiat 500 X, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Fiat 500 X
So let’s begin our document with the front bumper of your Fiat 500 X. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to stick to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Fiat 500 X in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to put your Fiat 500 X on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Seems obvious, 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 prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Fiat 500 X. According to your automobile features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to accomplish 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 in back of your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your Fiat 500 X 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 underneath your Fiat 500 X 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.
- Be sure you 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 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 Fiat 500 X, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Fiat 500 X
And to finish, whether or not the procedure is quite similar, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Fiat 500 X. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.
- Start with performing the same first step, that is, lift your Fiat 500 X and take out your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Fiat 500 X without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Fiat 500 X to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Fiat 500 X.
- Take out the lower bindings below your Fiat 500 X.
- Simultaneously, remember 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 Fiat 500 X, stick to the same operation as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Fiat 500 X whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are essentially the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you need more tutorials on the Fiat 500 X, go to our Fiat 500 X category.
