If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re likely wanting to take care of almost all of the service to be carried out on your PORSCHE PANAMERA, but some are more challenging than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or parts to access the component you want to work on. We really want to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a PORSCHE PANAMERA. This process is not very challenging and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your PORSCHE PANAMERA, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a PORSCHE PANAMERA

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

  • If you want to be more relaxed, we encourage you to put your PORSCHE PANAMERA 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 away the wheel arches: They’re also referred to as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your PORSCHE PANAMERA. Dependant on your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able 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 at the rear of your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your PORSCHE PANAMERA 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 PORSCHE PANAMERA 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.
  • 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 probably forgot a screw or a clip. Think of using 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 PORSCHE PANAMERA, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.

How to remove the rear bumper from a PORSCHE PANAMERA

And to finish, even if the procedure is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your PORSCHE PANAMERA. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.

  • Start by undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your PORSCHE PANAMERA and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your PORSCHE PANAMERA serenely
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your PORSCHE PANAMERA to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less complicated to remove the bumper from your PORSCHE PANAMERA.
  • Remove the lower bindings below your PORSCHE PANAMERA.
  • While doing so, make sure 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 PORSCHE PANAMERA, 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 PORSCHE PANAMERA whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are just about the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.

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