If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly wanting to manage most of the maintenance to be done on your hyundai i10, but some are more complex than others and need the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to operate on. We would like to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a hyundai i10. This process is not very complex and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your hyundai i10, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a hyundai i10
So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your hyundai i10. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to adhere to in order to disassemble the bumper of your hyundai i10 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we advise you to put your hyundai i10 on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away 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 hyundai i10. According to your automobile 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 behind your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your hyundai i10 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 hyundai i10 to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the automobile, 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 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 hyundai i10, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a hyundai i10
And now, regardless if the operation is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your hyundai i10. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.
- Start with performing the same first stage, that is, lift your hyundai i10 and remove your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your hyundai i10 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your hyundai i10 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 hyundai i10.
- Take out the lower bindings below your hyundai i10.
- At the same time, make sure to 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 hyundai i10, adhere to the same technique as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a hyundai i10 whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are pretty much the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you want more guides on the hyundai i10, go to our hyundai i10 category.
