If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most certainly wanting to look after almost all of the work to be achieved on your Kia Xceed, but some are more difficult than others and need the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to work on. We would really like to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Kia Xceed. This procedure is not very difficult and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Kia Xceed, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Kia Xceed
So let’s start our content page with the front bumper of your Kia Xceed. 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 adhere to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Kia Xceed in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to put your Kia Xceed on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: 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 named fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Kia Xceed. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to do 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 from behind your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your Kia Xceed 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 Xceed 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 to 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 Kia Xceed, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Kia Xceed
And to finish, even if the process is quite identical, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Kia Xceed. 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 details.
- Start with carrying out the same first step, that is, lift your Kia Xceed and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Kia Xceed serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Kia Xceed to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Kia Xceed.
- Take away the lower bindings underneath your Kia Xceed.
- Simultaneously, 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 Kia Xceed, adhere to the same technique as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Kia Xceed whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are pretty much the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
To find more tips on the Kia Xceed, take a look at the Kia Xceed category.
