If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most likely willing to handle the vast majority of the work to be completed on your Opel Vivaro, but some are more complicated than others and require the removal of body parts or components to access the component you want to work on. We really want to help you in this task. That’s why on this web page we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Opel Vivaro. This procedure is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Opel Vivaro, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Opel Vivaro
So let’s begin our content page with the front bumper of your Opel Vivaro. 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 follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Opel Vivaro in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we suggest you to put your Opel Vivaro on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your vehicle: Seems evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take off the wheel arches: They’re also described as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Opel Vivaro. Depending on your car features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to achieve this, 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 seals the front bumper of your Opel Vivaro 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 below your Opel Vivaro 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 probably forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with 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 Vivaro, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Opel Vivaro
And to finish, regardless if the procedure is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Opel Vivaro. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.
- Start by performing the same first step, that is, lift your Opel Vivaro and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Opel Vivaro without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Opel Vivaro to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Opel Vivaro.
- Take out the lower bindings below your Opel Vivaro.
- 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 Vivaro, follow the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Opel Vivaro whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are pretty much the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
To get more tips on the Opel Vivaro, take a look at the Opel Vivaro category.
