If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most likely eager to manage the vast majority of the maintenance to be carried out on your Peugeot 107, but some are more difficult than others and need the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to work on. We would like to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Peugeot 107. This procedure is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few tools. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Peugeot 107, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Peugeot 107
So let’s commence our article with the front bumper of your Peugeot 107. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to adhere to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Peugeot 107 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to put your Peugeot 107 on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: Would seem evident, 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 stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Peugeot 107. According to 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 gently 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 locks the front bumper of your Peugeot 107 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 under your Peugeot 107 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 quite likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with 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 Peugeot 107, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Peugeot 107
And to conclude, whether or not the operation is quite identical, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Peugeot 107. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more information.
- Start with executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Peugeot 107 and take out your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Peugeot 107 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Peugeot 107 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your Peugeot 107.
- Take away the lower bindings underneath your Peugeot 107.
- At the same time, be sure you 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 Peugeot 107, adhere to the same technique as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Peugeot 107 whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are pretty much the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you want more tutorials on the Peugeot 107, go to our Peugeot 107 category.
