If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re quite likely wanting to look after the majority of the work to be done on your Fiat Ducato 2, but some are more challenging than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to operate on. We would like to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Fiat Ducato 2. This action is not very challenging and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Fiat Ducato 2, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Fiat Ducato 2
So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Fiat Ducato 2. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to adhere to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Fiat Ducato 2 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we advise you to lift your Fiat Ducato 2 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 described as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Fiat Ducato 2. 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 at the rear of your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your Fiat Ducato 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 Ducato 2 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 perhaps 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 Fiat Ducato 2, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Fiat Ducato 2
And to finish, even if the process is quite identical, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Fiat Ducato 2. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more info.
- Start by undertaking the same first step, that is, lift your Fiat Ducato 2 and take out your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Fiat Ducato 2 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Fiat Ducato 2 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Fiat Ducato 2.
- Take off the lower bindings below your Fiat Ducato 2.
- At the same time, make sure 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 Ducato 2, adhere to the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Fiat Ducato 2 whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are pretty much the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
To get more tips on the Fiat Ducato 2, take a look at the Fiat Ducato 2 category.
