If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re probably wanting to look after the vast majority of the work to be carried out on your Opel Antara, but some are more complex than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to operate on. We want to help you in this process. That’s why in this article we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Opel Antara. This operation is not very complex 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 Opel Antara, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Opel Antara
So let’s start our document with the front bumper of your Opel Antara. To remove it, 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 Opel Antara in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we suggest you to lift your Opel Antara and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your motor vehicle: Seems evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away the wheel arches: They’re also identified as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Opel Antara. Dependant on your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to achieve this, you will just have to use a staple extractor or to do it delicately 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 Opel Antara 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 Opel Antara 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 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 quite likely 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 Opel Antara, to reassemble it stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Opel Antara
And now, regardless if the procedure is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Opel Antara. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more information.
- Start with carrying out the same first step, that is, lift your Opel Antara and take out your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Opel Antara without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Opel Antara to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Opel Antara.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Opel Antara.
- 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 Opel Antara, stick to the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Opel Antara whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are essentially the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you have any further questions about the Opel Antara, do not hesitate to consult our Opel Antara category.
