If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re probably eager to look after the majority of the service to be carried out on your Kia Forte, but some are more challenging than others and require the removal of body parts or components to access the component you want to operate on. We would really like to help you in this process. That’s why in this article we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Kia Forte. This task is not very challenging and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. To do so , first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Kia Forte, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Kia Forte
So let’s begin our article content with the front bumper of your Kia Forte. To remove it, you will just require 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 Kia Forte in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we encourage you to put your Kia Forte on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: 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 stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Kia Forte. Dependant on your car features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to get this done, 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 locks the front bumper of your Kia Forte 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 beneath your Kia Forte 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 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 Kia Forte, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Kia Forte
And to finish, even if the operation is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Kia Forte. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.
- Start with undertaking the same first step, that is, lift your Kia Forte and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Kia Forte without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Kia Forte to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Kia Forte.
- Remove the lower bindings underneath your Kia Forte.
- While doing so, make sure 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 Kia Forte, follow the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Kia Forte whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are more or less the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you want more guides on the Kia Forte, go to our Kia Forte category.
