If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most likely wanting to manage the vast majority of the work to be completed on your Peugeot 607, but some are more complicated than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to focus on. We really want to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Peugeot 607. This task is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few tools. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Peugeot 607, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Peugeot 607
So let’s commence our article with the front bumper of your Peugeot 607. To remove it, you will just require 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 Peugeot 607 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we recommend you to lift your Peugeot 607 and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: 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 known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Peugeot 607. Depending on your automobile features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to accomplish 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 behind your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Peugeot 607 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 under your Peugeot 607 to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the automobile, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Remember 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 almost certainly 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 Peugeot 607, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Peugeot 607
And to conclude, regardless if the operation is quite identical, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Peugeot 607. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.
- Start by carrying out the same first step, that is, lift your Peugeot 607 and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Peugeot 607 serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Peugeot 607 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Peugeot 607.
- Take off the lower bindings below your Peugeot 607.
- At the same time, 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 Peugeot 607, adhere to the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Peugeot 607 whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are just about the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you need more tutorials on the Peugeot 607, go to our Peugeot 607 category.
