If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most certainly keen to look after almost all of the service to be completed on your Fiat Idea, but some are more complex than others and need 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 task. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Fiat Idea. This task is not very complex 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 Idea, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Fiat Idea
So let’s start our document with the front bumper of your Fiat Idea. 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 to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Fiat Idea in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we encourage you to lift your Fiat Idea and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take out 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 Idea. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to do 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 locks the front bumper of your Fiat Idea 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 Idea to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the car, 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 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 Idea, to reassemble it stick to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Fiat Idea
And to finish, regardless if the operation is quite identical, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Fiat Idea. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more information.
- Start by carrying out the same first step, that is, lift your Fiat Idea and remove your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Fiat Idea serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Fiat Idea to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Fiat Idea.
- Take out the lower bindings below your Fiat Idea.
- While doing so, 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 Idea, 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 Idea whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are practically the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
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