If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re probably eager to handle the majority of the maintenance to be done on your Kia Optima, but some are more challenging than others and need the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to operate on. We would like to help you in this process. That’s why in this article we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Kia Optima. This task is not very challenging and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To do so , first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Kia Optima, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Kia Optima
So let’s start our article with the front bumper of your Kia Optima. To remove it, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Kia Optima in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we recommend you to put your Kia Optima on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away 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 Kia Optima. Depending on your car 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 gently 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 seals the front bumper of your Kia Optima 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 Optima 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.
- 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 employing 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 Kia Optima, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Kia Optima
And to finish, whether or not the process is quite identical, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Kia Optima. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.
- Start with undertaking the same first step, that is, lift your Kia Optima and take out your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Kia Optima serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Kia Optima to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Kia Optima.
- Take off the lower bindings below your Kia Optima.
- Simultaneously, be sure you 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 Kia Optima, stick to the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Kia Optima whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are essentially the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
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