If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re probably keen to look after the vast majority of the service to be achieved on your Opel Astra 5, but some are more complicated 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 operation. That’s why in this article we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Opel Astra 5. This action is not very complicated 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 Opel Astra 5, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Opel Astra 5
So let’s commence our article content with the front bumper of your Opel Astra 5. 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 adhere to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Opel Astra 5 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we encourage you to put your Opel Astra 5 on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Would seem evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take off 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 Astra 5. According to your vehicle 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 fastens the front bumper of your Opel Astra 5 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 underneath your Opel Astra 5 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.
- 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 almost certainly 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 Opel Astra 5, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Opel Astra 5
And to conclude, even if the operation is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Opel Astra 5. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more information.
- Start by carrying out the same first stage, that is, lift your Opel Astra 5 and take out your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Opel Astra 5 serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Opel Astra 5 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Opel Astra 5.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Opel Astra 5.
- At the same time, 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 Opel Astra 5, adhere to the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Opel Astra 5 whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are just about the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
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