If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly eager to manage the vast majority of the work to be completed on your Nissan Rogue, but some are more complex than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to focus on. We would like to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Nissan Rogue. This action is not very complex and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Nissan Rogue, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Nissan Rogue
So let’s begin our content with the front bumper of your Nissan Rogue. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Nissan Rogue in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we encourage you to lift your Nissan Rogue and to remove the front wheels to have a good 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 referred to as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Nissan Rogue. Dependant on your motor vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able 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 locks the front bumper of your Nissan Rogue 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 Rogue to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the motor vehicle, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Be sure you 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 employing 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 Nissan Rogue, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Nissan Rogue
And now, regardless if the procedure is quite similar, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Nissan Rogue. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more information.
- Start with executing the same first step, that is, lift your Nissan Rogue and take out your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Nissan Rogue serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Nissan Rogue to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Nissan Rogue.
- Remove the lower bindings underneath your Nissan Rogue.
- Simultaneously, make sure to disconnect 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 Rogue, follow the same technique as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Nissan Rogue 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 Nissan Rogue, go to our Nissan Rogue category.
