If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re probably wanting to look after the vast majority of the maintenance to be completed on your Honda Odyssey, but some are more difficult than others and need the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to focus on. We would really like to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Honda Odyssey. This process is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few tools. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Honda Odyssey, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Honda Odyssey
So let’s begin our article with the front bumper of your Honda Odyssey. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to adhere to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Honda Odyssey in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to lift your Honda Odyssey and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your motor vehicle: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take off the wheel arches: They’re also identified as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Honda Odyssey. According to your motor vehicle 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 carefully 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 Honda Odyssey 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 underneath your Honda Odyssey to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the motor 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 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 Honda Odyssey, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Honda Odyssey
And to conclude, whether or not the process is quite identical, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Honda Odyssey. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more info.
- Start by undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Honda Odyssey and take out your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Honda Odyssey serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Honda Odyssey to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Honda Odyssey.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Honda Odyssey.
- At the same time, remember to 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 Odyssey, adhere to the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Honda Odyssey whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are almost the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
To find more tips on the Honda Odyssey, take a look at the Honda Odyssey category.
