If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most certainly keen to handle the majority of the work to be done on your Renault Espace 4, but some are more complex than others and need the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to operate on. We want to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Renault Espace 4. This process is not very complex 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 Renault Espace 4, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Renault Espace 4

So let’s commence our article with the front bumper of your Renault Espace 4. To remove it, you will just need 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 Espace 4 in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to lift your Renault Espace 4 and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
  • Open the bonnet of your automobile: 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 called fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Renault Espace 4. Dependant on your vehicle 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 carefully with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
  • Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is in back of your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Renault Espace 4 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 Renault Espace 4 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.
  • Be sure you 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 quite likely 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 Espace 4, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Renault Espace 4

And now, regardless if the process is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Renault Espace 4. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.

  • Start with executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Renault Espace 4 and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Renault Espace 4 serenely
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Renault Espace 4 to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Renault Espace 4.
  • Take off the lower bindings underneath your Renault Espace 4.
  • 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 Renault Espace 4, adhere to the same procedure as for the front bumper

Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Renault Espace 4 whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are almost the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.

Whenever you have any further questions about the Renault Espace 4, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Espace 4 category.