If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re probably eager to handle almost all of the maintenance to be achieved on your Nissan Note, but some are more complicated than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to operate on. We would really like to help you in this process. That’s why in this article we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Nissan Note. This operation is not very complicated and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To do so , first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Nissan Note, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Nissan Note
So let’s start our article content with the front bumper of your Nissan Note. 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 stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Nissan Note in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to lift your Nissan Note and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your motor vehicle: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take off the wheel arches: They’re also known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Nissan Note. 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 carefully with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
- Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is at the rear of your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Nissan Note 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 below your Nissan Note 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.
- Make sure 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 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 Note, to reassemble it stick to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Nissan Note
And to conclude, even if the procedure is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Nissan Note. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more information.
- Start by performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Nissan Note and remove your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Nissan Note without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Nissan Note 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 Nissan Note.
- Take out the lower bindings underneath your Nissan Note.
- Simultaneously, 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 Nissan Note, stick to the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Nissan Note whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are pretty much the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
To discover more tips on the Nissan Note, take a look at the Nissan Note category.
