If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re almost certainly willing to manage almost all of the work to be carried out on your Fiat Panda, but some are more difficult than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the component you want to focus on. We would like to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Fiat Panda. This task is not very difficult 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 Panda, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Fiat Panda
So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Fiat Panda. To remove it, 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 to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Fiat Panda in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we encourage you to put your Fiat Panda on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your motor vehicle: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Remove the wheel arches: They’re also called fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Fiat Panda. Depending on your car features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to achieve this, you will just have to use a staple extractor or to do it gently 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 Panda 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 below your Fiat Panda 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.
- 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 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 Panda, to reassemble it stick to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Fiat Panda
And to conclude, regardless if the operation is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Fiat Panda. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.
- Start with executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Fiat Panda and take out your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Fiat Panda serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Fiat Panda to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Fiat Panda.
- Take out the lower bindings underneath your Fiat Panda.
- 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 Panda, stick 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 Panda whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are just about the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
To find more tips on the Fiat Panda, take a look at the Fiat Panda category.
