If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most certainly willing to manage most of the work to be carried out on your Fiat Bravo 2, 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 task. That’s why on this web page we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Fiat Bravo 2. This action is not very challenging and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. To do so , first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Fiat Bravo 2, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Fiat Bravo 2
So let’s begin our article with the front bumper of your Fiat Bravo 2. To remove it, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Fiat Bravo 2 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we recommend you to put your Fiat Bravo 2 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 named fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Fiat Bravo 2. According to your automobile features and the year of your model, you will also be able 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 from behind your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your Fiat Bravo 2 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 Fiat Bravo 2 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 to 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 Fiat Bravo 2, to reassemble it stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Fiat Bravo 2
And to finish, regardless if the procedure is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Fiat Bravo 2. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more information.
- Start by executing the same first step, that is, lift your Fiat Bravo 2 and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Fiat Bravo 2 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Fiat Bravo 2 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Fiat Bravo 2.
- Remove the lower bindings underneath your Fiat Bravo 2.
- At the same time, make sure to 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 Fiat Bravo 2, stick to the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Fiat Bravo 2 whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are almost the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
To find more tips on the Fiat Bravo 2, take a look at the Fiat Bravo 2 category.
