If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re likely keen to handle almost all of the service to be carried out on your Fiat Doblo, but some are more complicated than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to operate on. We would really like 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 Doblo. This operation is not very complicated and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Fiat Doblo, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Fiat Doblo
So let’s commence our content page with the front bumper of your Fiat Doblo. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Fiat Doblo in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we recommend you to lift your Fiat Doblo and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your motor vehicle: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take out the wheel arches: They’re also called fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Fiat Doblo. Depending on your 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 delicately 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 seals the front bumper of your Fiat Doblo 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 under your Fiat Doblo to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the vehicle, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Remember 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 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 Doblo, to reassemble it stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Fiat Doblo
And to conclude, whether or not the process is quite similar, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Fiat Doblo. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.
- Start by performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Fiat Doblo and remove your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Fiat Doblo serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Fiat Doblo to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your Fiat Doblo.
- Take off the lower bindings underneath your Fiat Doblo.
- 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 Doblo, 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 Doblo whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are more or less the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Fiat Doblo, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Doblo category.
