If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re quite likely keen to take care of the majority of the work to be achieved on your Mercedes A class, but some are more complicated than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to operate on. We would really like to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Mercedes A class. This action is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few tools. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Mercedes A class, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Mercedes A class
So let’s commence our document with the front bumper of your Mercedes A class. 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 stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Mercedes A class in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we advise you to lift your Mercedes A class and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away the wheel arches: They’re also known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Mercedes A class. Dependant on your vehicle 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 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 Mercedes A class 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 beneath your Mercedes A class 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 perhaps 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 Mercedes A class, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Mercedes A class
And now, whether or not the procedure is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Mercedes A class. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.
- Start by carrying out the same first stage, that is, lift your Mercedes A class and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Mercedes A class serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Mercedes A class to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Mercedes A class.
- Take off the lower bindings below your Mercedes A class.
- At the same time, remember 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 Mercedes A class, stick to the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Mercedes A class whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are more or less the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you need more guides on the Mercedes A class, go to our Mercedes A class category.
