If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re almost certainly keen to handle almost all of the service to be carried out on your Jeep Wrangler, but some are more difficult than others and need the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to work on. We would like to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Jeep Wrangler. This procedure is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few tools. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Jeep Wrangler, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Jeep Wrangler
So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Jeep Wrangler. To remove it, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your Jeep Wrangler in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we recommend you to put your Jeep Wrangler 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: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Remove the wheel arches: They’re also known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Jeep Wrangler. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to accomplish 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 fastens the front bumper of your Jeep Wrangler 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 Jeep Wrangler to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the car, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Be sure you 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 most likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with 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 Jeep Wrangler, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Jeep Wrangler
And to finish, even if the operation is quite identical, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Jeep Wrangler. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more information.
- Start by carrying out the same first step, that is, lift your Jeep Wrangler and remove your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Jeep Wrangler serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Jeep Wrangler to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Jeep Wrangler.
- Remove the lower bindings underneath your Jeep Wrangler.
- At the same time, make sure 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 Jeep Wrangler, follow the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Jeep Wrangler whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are just about the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Jeep Wrangler, do not hesitate to consult our Jeep Wrangler category.
