If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most certainly keen to handle the vast majority of the maintenance to be carried out on your Mini Countryman, but some are more complicated than others and need the removal of body parts or parts to access the component you want to work on. We would really like to help you in this process. That’s why on this web page we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Mini Countryman. This procedure 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 Mini Countryman, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Mini Countryman
So let’s begin our article content with the front bumper of your Mini Countryman. 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 Mini Countryman in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we advise you to lift your Mini Countryman and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Would seem evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take out 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 Mini Countryman. Dependant on your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to get this done, 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 Mini Countryman 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 Mini Countryman 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 disconnect 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 using 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 Mini Countryman, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Mini Countryman
And to finish, whether or not the procedure is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Mini Countryman. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.
- Start with carrying out the same first stage, that is, lift your Mini Countryman and remove your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Mini Countryman serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Mini Countryman to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Mini Countryman.
- Take off the lower bindings underneath your Mini Countryman.
- At the same time, 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 Mini Countryman, follow the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Mini Countryman whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are just about the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you wish more guides on the Mini Countryman, go to our Mini Countryman category.
