If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most likely willing to take care of almost all of the maintenance to be done on your Fiat Grande Punto, but some are more complex than others and need the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to focus on. We would really like to help you in this process. That’s why in this article we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Fiat Grande Punto. This process is not very complex and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Fiat Grande Punto, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Fiat Grande Punto
So let’s start our article content with the front bumper of your Fiat Grande Punto. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your Fiat Grande Punto in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to lift your Fiat Grande Punto and to remove the front wheels to have a good 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 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 Grande Punto. Depending on your vehicle 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 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 fastens the front bumper of your Fiat Grande Punto 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 Grande Punto 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 unplug 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 probably 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 Grande Punto, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Fiat Grande Punto
And to conclude, regardless if the procedure is quite identical, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Fiat Grande Punto. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more information.
- Start by carrying out the same first stage, that is, lift your Fiat Grande Punto and remove your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Fiat Grande Punto serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Fiat Grande Punto to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Fiat Grande Punto.
- Take off the lower bindings underneath your Fiat Grande Punto.
- At the same time, make sure 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 Grande Punto, follow the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Fiat Grande Punto whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are pretty much the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
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