If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most likely eager to take care of the vast majority of the maintenance to be achieved on your Ford Taurus, but some are more challenging than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to focus on. We would like to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Ford Taurus. This procedure is not very challenging and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Ford Taurus, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Ford Taurus
So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Ford Taurus. 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 in order to disassemble the bumper of your Ford Taurus in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we advise you to put your Ford Taurus on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your vehicle: Would seem evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away 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 Ford Taurus. Dependant on your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to do 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 locks the front bumper of your Ford Taurus 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 beneath your Ford Taurus 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 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 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 Ford Taurus, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Ford Taurus
And now, even if the procedure is quite similar, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Ford Taurus. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.
- Start by executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Ford Taurus and remove your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Ford Taurus serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Ford Taurus to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Ford Taurus.
- Take off the lower bindings below your Ford Taurus.
- Simultaneously, be sure you 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 Ford Taurus, adhere to the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Ford Taurus whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are almost the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Ford Taurus, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Taurus category.
