If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re likely wanting to take care of the vast majority of the service to be carried out on your Mercedes Benz GLS Class, but some are more complex than others and need the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to focus on. We want to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Mercedes Benz GLS Class. This task is not very complex and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Mercedes Benz GLS 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 GLS Class

So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Mercedes Benz GLS Class. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to stick to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Mercedes Benz GLS Class in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more relaxed, we recommend you to lift your Mercedes Benz GLS Class and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
  • Open the bonnet of your vehicle: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
  • Take out the wheel arches: They’re also referred to as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Mercedes Benz GLS Class. 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 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 Mercedes Benz GLS 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 beneath your Mercedes Benz GLS Class 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 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 quite likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with 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 Mercedes Benz GLS Class, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite direction.

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

And to conclude, even if the operation is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Mercedes Benz GLS Class. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more info.

  • Start with undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Mercedes Benz GLS Class and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Mercedes Benz GLS Class without trouble
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Mercedes Benz GLS Class to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Mercedes Benz GLS Class.
  • Remove the lower bindings underneath your Mercedes Benz GLS Class.
  • At the same time, make sure 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 Benz GLS Class, stick to the same technique as for the front bumper

Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Mercedes Benz GLS Class whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are pretty much the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.

If you wish more tutorials on the Mercedes Benz GLS Class, go to our Mercedes Benz GLS Class category.