If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re quite likely eager to handle the vast majority of the service to be achieved on your Renault Clio 2, but some are more difficult than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to operate on. We really want to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Renault Clio 2. This process is not very difficult and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Renault Clio 2, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Renault Clio 2
So let’s commence our content page with the front bumper of your Renault Clio 2. To take it off, 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 Renault Clio 2 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we suggest you to put your Renault Clio 2 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 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 Renault Clio 2. Dependant on your motor 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 delicately 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 Renault Clio 2 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 Renault Clio 2 to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the motor vehicle, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Be sure you 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 perhaps 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 Renault Clio 2, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Renault Clio 2
And to finish, regardless if the operation is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Renault Clio 2. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.
- Start by executing the same first step, that is, lift your Renault Clio 2 and take out your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Renault Clio 2 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Renault Clio 2 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your Renault Clio 2.
- Remove the lower bindings underneath your Renault Clio 2.
- Simultaneously, 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 Renault Clio 2, adhere to the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Renault Clio 2 whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are just about the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you need more tutorials on the Renault Clio 2, go to our Renault Clio 2 category.
