If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re quite likely eager to take care of most of the service to be carried out on your hyundai i20, but some are more complex than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the component you want to operate on. We would like to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a hyundai i20. This procedure is not very complex and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your hyundai i20, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a hyundai i20
So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your hyundai i20. 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 follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your hyundai i20 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we recommend you to put your hyundai i20 on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: 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 identified as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your hyundai i20. Depending on 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 delicately with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
- Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is from behind your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your hyundai i20 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 below your hyundai i20 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.
- 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 quite likely 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 i20, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a hyundai i20
And to conclude, whether or not the process is quite similar, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your hyundai i20. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.
- Start with executing the same first stage, that is, lift your hyundai i20 and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your hyundai i20 serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your hyundai i20 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 hyundai i20.
- Take away the lower bindings below your hyundai i20.
- Simultaneously, 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 hyundai i20, follow the same operation as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a hyundai i20 whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are more or less the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you wish more guides on the hyundai i20, go to our hyundai i20 category.
