If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly keen to manage the vast majority of the maintenance to be achieved on your Kia Stronic, but some are more challenging than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to focus on. We would really like to help you in this task. That’s why in this article we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Kia Stronic. This process is not very challenging 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 Kia Stronic, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Kia Stronic
So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Kia Stronic. To take it off, 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 Stronic in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we recommend you to put your Kia Stronic on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect 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 identified as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Kia Stronic. Dependant on your motor vehicle 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 in back of your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your Kia Stronic 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 under your Kia Stronic 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 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 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 Stronic, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Kia Stronic
And to finish, whether or not the process is quite equivalent, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Kia Stronic. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more info.
- Start by performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Kia Stronic and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Kia Stronic serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Kia Stronic to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Kia Stronic.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Kia Stronic.
- Simultaneously, 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 Kia Stronic, stick to the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Kia Stronic whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are practically the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
To discover more tips on the Kia Stronic, take a look at the Kia Stronic category.
