If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re quite likely keen to take care of almost all of the maintenance to be achieved on your Lincoln MKC, but some are more challenging than others and require the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to operate on. We would like to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Lincoln MKC. This procedure is not very challenging and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To do so , first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Lincoln MKC, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Lincoln MKC
So let’s start our article with the front bumper of your Lincoln MKC. 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 Lincoln MKC in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we encourage you to put your Lincoln MKC 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 evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away 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 Lincoln MKC. According to your automobile features and the year of your model, you will also be able 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 at the rear of your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your Lincoln MKC 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 underneath your Lincoln MKC to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the automobile, 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 most likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of using 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 Lincoln MKC, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Lincoln MKC
And to finish, whether or not the operation is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Lincoln MKC. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.
- Start with undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Lincoln MKC and remove your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Lincoln MKC without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Lincoln MKC to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Lincoln MKC.
- Take away the lower bindings below your Lincoln MKC.
- While doing so, 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 Lincoln MKC, adhere to the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Lincoln MKC whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are practically the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you wish more guides on the Lincoln MKC, go to our Lincoln MKC category.
