If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re likely eager to look after most of the service to be carried out on your Nissan Cabstar, but some are more challenging than others and need the removal of body parts or parts to access the component you want to focus on. We would like to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Nissan Cabstar. This operation is not very challenging and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To do so , first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Nissan Cabstar, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Nissan Cabstar
So let’s commence our article with the front bumper of your Nissan Cabstar. To remove it, you will just need 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 Nissan Cabstar in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we recommend you to lift your Nissan Cabstar and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: Seems 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 Nissan Cabstar. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to accomplish 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 in back of your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your Nissan Cabstar 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 Nissan Cabstar 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 most likely 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 Nissan Cabstar, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Nissan Cabstar
And to finish, regardless if the operation is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Nissan Cabstar. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.
- Start by carrying out the same first step, that is, lift your Nissan Cabstar and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Nissan Cabstar serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Nissan Cabstar to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less complicated to remove the bumper from your Nissan Cabstar.
- Take away the lower bindings underneath your Nissan Cabstar.
- At the same time, be sure you 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 Nissan Cabstar, follow the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Nissan Cabstar whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are just about the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you have any additional questions about the Nissan Cabstar, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Cabstar category.
