If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re quite likely wanting to look after almost all of the maintenance to be achieved on your Opel Insignia, but some are more difficult than others and need the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to operate on. We want to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Opel Insignia. This procedure is not very difficult and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. To do so , first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Opel Insignia, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Opel Insignia

So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Opel Insignia. To remove it, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to adhere to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Opel Insignia in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more relaxed, we encourage you to put your Opel Insignia on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a best 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 out 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 Opel Insignia. Depending on your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to do 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 from behind your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your Opel Insignia 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 beneath your Opel Insignia 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 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 quite likely 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 Opel Insignia, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite way.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Opel Insignia

And now, even if the procedure is quite similar, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Opel Insignia. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more information.

  • Start by undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Opel Insignia and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Opel Insignia serenely
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Opel Insignia to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Opel Insignia.
  • Take off the lower bindings underneath your Opel Insignia.
  • Simultaneously, remember 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 Insignia, adhere to the same procedure as for the front bumper

Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Opel Insignia whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are pretty much the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.

To find more tips on the Opel Insignia, take a look at the Opel Insignia category.