If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most certainly eager to take care of the majority of the maintenance to be completed on your GMC Terrain, but some are more complex than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to focus on. We really want to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a GMC Terrain. This process is not very complex and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your GMC Terrain, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a GMC Terrain
So let’s commence our content page with the front bumper of your GMC Terrain. 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 follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your GMC Terrain in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we encourage you to put your GMC Terrain on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a good 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.
- Take off 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 GMC Terrain. Dependant on your car 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 gently with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
- Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is behind your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your GMC Terrain 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 GMC Terrain 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 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 most likely 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 GMC Terrain, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a GMC Terrain
And now, even if the process is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your GMC Terrain. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more information.
- Start by executing the same first step, that is, lift your GMC Terrain and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your GMC Terrain serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your GMC Terrain to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your GMC Terrain.
- Take off the lower bindings underneath your GMC Terrain.
- Simultaneously, be sure you 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 GMC Terrain, follow the same operation as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a GMC Terrain whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are just about the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you have any further questions about the GMC Terrain, do not hesitate to consult our GMC Terrain category.
