If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most certainly wanting to take care of most of the work to be done on your Honda Element, but some are more complex than others and need the removal of body parts or components 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 Honda Element. This procedure is not very complex and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Honda Element, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Honda Element

So let’s begin our document with the front bumper of your Honda Element. To remove it, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your Honda Element in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more relaxed, we recommend you to put your Honda Element on stands 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 referred to as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Honda Element. According to 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 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 seals the front bumper of your Honda Element 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 Honda Element 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 employing 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 Honda Element, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite way.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Honda Element

And to conclude, regardless if the procedure is quite equivalent, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Honda Element. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.

  • Start by undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Honda Element and take out your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Honda Element without trouble
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Honda Element to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Honda Element.
  • Take off the lower bindings below your Honda Element.
  • At the same time, 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 Honda Element, follow the same technique as for the front bumper

Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Honda Element whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are practically the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.

If you need more tutorials on the Honda Element, go to our Honda Element category.