If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re probably keen to manage almost all of the service to be completed on your Mercedes Benz CLA Class, but some are more complicated than others and require the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to work 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 Mercedes Benz CLA Class. This operation is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Mercedes Benz CLA Class, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Mercedes Benz CLA Class

So let’s commence our document with the front bumper of your Mercedes Benz CLA Class. To remove it, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your Mercedes Benz CLA Class in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to lift your Mercedes Benz CLA Class and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
  • Open the bonnet of your motor vehicle: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
  • Remove 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 Benz CLA Class. Dependant on your car 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 gently 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 locks the front bumper of your Mercedes Benz CLA Class 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 under your Mercedes Benz CLA Class 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 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 Benz CLA Class, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite direction.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Mercedes Benz CLA Class

And to conclude, whether or not the operation is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Mercedes Benz CLA Class. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.

  • Start with undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Mercedes Benz CLA Class and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Mercedes Benz CLA Class serenely
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Mercedes Benz CLA Class to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Mercedes Benz CLA Class.
  • Remove the lower bindings underneath your Mercedes Benz CLA Class.
  • While doing so, remember 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 Mercedes Benz CLA Class, follow the same method as for the front bumper

Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Mercedes Benz CLA Class whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are more or less the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.

To discover more tips on the Mercedes Benz CLA Class, take a look at the Mercedes Benz CLA Class category.