If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most likely willing to handle most of the work to be achieved on your Mitsubishi Lancer, but some are more challenging than others and need the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to work on. We would like to help you in this operation. That’s why on this web page we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Mitsubishi Lancer. This process is not very challenging 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 Mitsubishi Lancer, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Mitsubishi Lancer

So let’s begin our article with the front bumper of your Mitsubishi Lancer. To remove it, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Mitsubishi Lancer in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more comfy, we encourage you to put your Mitsubishi Lancer on stands 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 off the wheel arches: They’re also named fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Mitsubishi Lancer. According to your vehicle 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 in back of your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Mitsubishi Lancer 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 underneath your Mitsubishi Lancer 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.
  • Be sure you 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 most likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of employing 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 Mitsubishi Lancer, to reassemble it stick to the steps in the opposite direction.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Mitsubishi Lancer

And to conclude, even if the process is quite similar, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Mitsubishi Lancer. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.

  • Start with performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Mitsubishi Lancer and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Mitsubishi Lancer serenely
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Mitsubishi Lancer to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your Mitsubishi Lancer.
  • Take out the lower bindings below your Mitsubishi Lancer.
  • 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 Mitsubishi Lancer, 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 Mitsubishi Lancer whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are pretty much the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.

If you wish more tutorials on the Mitsubishi Lancer, go to our Mitsubishi Lancer category.