If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re probably willing to take care of the majority of the work to be carried out on your Lexus UX, but some are more difficult than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to focus on. We want to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Lexus UX. This action is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few tools. To do so , first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Lexus UX, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Lexus UX
So let’s commence our article with the front bumper of your Lexus UX. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Lexus UX in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to put your Lexus UX on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: Seems evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away the wheel arches: They’re also called fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Lexus UX. Dependant on your 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 gently 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 Lexus UX 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 below your Lexus UX to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the vehicle, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Make sure 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 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 Lexus UX, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Lexus UX
And to conclude, even if the operation is quite equivalent, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Lexus UX. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more information.
- Start with performing the same first step, that is, lift your Lexus UX and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Lexus UX without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Lexus UX 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 Lexus UX.
- Remove the lower bindings underneath your Lexus UX.
- At the same time, make sure to 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 Lexus UX, follow the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Lexus UX whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are pretty much the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
To find more tips on the Lexus UX, take a look at the Lexus UX category.
