If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re likely willing to take care of almost all of the maintenance to be carried out on your Hyundai Veloster, but some are more difficult than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to operate on. We would like to help you in this task. That’s why on this web page we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Hyundai Veloster. This task is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few tools. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Hyundai Veloster, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Hyundai Veloster
So let’s commence our article with the front bumper of your Hyundai Veloster. 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 Veloster in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to put your Hyundai Veloster on stands 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 evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take off the wheel arches: They’re also described as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Hyundai Veloster. According to your motor vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to get this done, 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 at the rear of your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Hyundai Veloster on the sides.
- Unscrew the screws or remove the clips on the upper part of the bumper in the engine compartment.
- Now it’s time to go underneath your Hyundai Veloster 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 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 most likely 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 Veloster, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Hyundai Veloster
And to finish, even if the process is quite identical, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Hyundai Veloster. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more information.
- Start with executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Hyundai Veloster and take out your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Hyundai Veloster serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Hyundai Veloster 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 Veloster.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Hyundai Veloster.
- While doing so, be sure you 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 Veloster, adhere to the same operation as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Hyundai Veloster whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are essentially the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
To find more tips on the Hyundai Veloster, take a look at the Hyundai Veloster category.
