If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re quite likely wanting to manage the majority of the maintenance to be carried out on your Mercedes Classe Glc, but some are more difficult than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to operate on. We want to help you in this task. That’s why on this web page we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Mercedes Classe Glc. This task is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few tools. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Mercedes Classe Glc, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Mercedes Classe Glc
So let’s commence our article with the front bumper of your Mercedes Classe Glc. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your Mercedes Classe Glc in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we encourage you to put your Mercedes Classe Glc on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: 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 called fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Mercedes Classe Glc. Depending on your automobile 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 Classe Glc 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 Mercedes Classe Glc 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.
- Remember 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 almost certainly 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 Classe Glc, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Mercedes Classe Glc
And to conclude, even if the operation is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Mercedes Classe Glc. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more information.
- Start by executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Mercedes Classe Glc and take out your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Mercedes Classe Glc without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Mercedes Classe Glc to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less complicated to remove the bumper from your Mercedes Classe Glc.
- Take away the lower bindings below your Mercedes Classe Glc.
- 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 Mercedes Classe Glc, follow the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Mercedes Classe Glc whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are almost the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
To find more tips on the Mercedes Classe Glc, take a look at the Mercedes Classe Glc category.
