If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re likely eager to look after most of the service to be done on your Nissan Titan, but some are more complex than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the component you want to operate on. We would really like to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Nissan Titan. This task is not very complex and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Nissan Titan, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Nissan Titan
So let’s begin our document with the front bumper of your Nissan Titan. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to stick to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Nissan Titan in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we suggest you to put your Nissan Titan on stands 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.
- Remove 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 Titan. Dependant on your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able 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 behind your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Nissan Titan 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 Titan 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 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 perhaps 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 Nissan Titan, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Nissan Titan
And to conclude, even if the process is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Nissan Titan. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.
- Start by executing the same first step, that is, lift your Nissan Titan and take out your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Nissan Titan serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Nissan Titan to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Nissan Titan.
- Take away the lower bindings below your Nissan Titan.
- While doing so, make sure 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 Nissan Titan, stick to the same technique as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Nissan Titan whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are almost the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
To discover more tips on the Nissan Titan, take a look at the Nissan Titan category.
