If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re likely wanting to handle almost all of the service to be achieved on your Hyundai Ix20, but some are more difficult than others and require the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to work on. We would really like to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Hyundai Ix20. This process is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few tools. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Hyundai Ix20, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Hyundai Ix20
So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Hyundai Ix20. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to adhere to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Hyundai Ix20 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we advise you to put your Hyundai Ix20 on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your 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 identified as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Hyundai Ix20. Depending on your automobile 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 carefully 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 Ix20 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 under your Hyundai Ix20 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 perhaps 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 Hyundai Ix20, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Hyundai Ix20
And now, even if the process is quite similar, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Hyundai Ix20. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.
- Start with performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Hyundai Ix20 and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Hyundai Ix20 serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Hyundai Ix20 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 Hyundai Ix20.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Hyundai Ix20.
- While doing so, remember 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 Ix20, adhere to the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Hyundai Ix20 whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are almost the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you need more tutorials on the Hyundai Ix20, go to our Hyundai Ix20 category.
