If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most likely keen to take care of most of the work to be achieved on your Peugeot e-2008, but some are more difficult than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the component you want to work on. We would like to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Peugeot e-2008. This task is not very difficult and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Peugeot e-2008, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Peugeot e-2008

So let’s begin our content with the front bumper of your Peugeot e-2008. To take it off, 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 Peugeot e-2008 in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more relaxed, we recommend you to put your Peugeot e-2008 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 out the wheel arches: They’re also described as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Peugeot e-2008. According to your automobile 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 from behind your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Peugeot e-2008 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 underneath your Peugeot e-2008 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 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 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 Peugeot e-2008, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Peugeot e-2008

And to conclude, regardless if the process is quite similar, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Peugeot e-2008. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.

  • Start with undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Peugeot e-2008 and remove your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Peugeot e-2008 serenely
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Peugeot e-2008 to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Peugeot e-2008.
  • Take off the lower bindings below your Peugeot e-2008.
  • At the same time, 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 Peugeot e-2008, adhere to the same process as for the front bumper

Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Peugeot e-2008 whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are almost the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.

If you wish more tutorials on the Peugeot e-2008, go to our Peugeot e-2008 category.