If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly willing to handle the vast majority of the service to be achieved on your Mazda 5, but some are more complex than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or parts to access the component you want to focus on. We want to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Mazda 5. This action is not very complex and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Mazda 5, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Mazda 5
So let’s start our content page with the front bumper of your Mazda 5. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to adhere to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Mazda 5 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to lift your Mazda 5 and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your vehicle: Seems evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take off the wheel arches: They’re also referred to as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Mazda 5. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability 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 behind your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Mazda 5 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 below your Mazda 5 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 quite likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of employing 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 Mazda 5, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Mazda 5
And to conclude, even if the operation is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Mazda 5. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more info.
- Start by carrying out the same first step, that is, lift your Mazda 5 and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Mazda 5 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Mazda 5 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your Mazda 5.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Mazda 5.
- At the same time, make sure to 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 Mazda 5, adhere to the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Mazda 5 whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are just about the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
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