If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re probably keen to look after almost all of the maintenance to be done on your Mazda Mx5, but some are more challenging than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the component you want to work on. We really want to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Mazda Mx5. This task is not very challenging 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 Mazda Mx5, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Mazda Mx5
So let’s commence our article with the front bumper of your Mazda Mx5. To remove it, you will just need 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 Mazda Mx5 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to lift your Mazda Mx5 and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your vehicle: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Remove 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 Mazda Mx5. Depending 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 carefully 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 Mazda Mx5 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 under your Mazda Mx5 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 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 Mazda Mx5, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Mazda Mx5
And to finish, even if the operation is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Mazda Mx5. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.
- Start with executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Mazda Mx5 and remove your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Mazda Mx5 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Mazda Mx5 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Mazda Mx5.
- Take out the lower bindings underneath your Mazda Mx5.
- While doing so, make sure 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 Mazda Mx5, 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 Mazda Mx5 whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are more or less the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
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