If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re probably willing to take care of the majority of the maintenance to be completed on your Renault Grand Espace, but some are more complicated than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to operate on. We really want to help you in this task. That’s why on this web page we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Renault Grand Espace. This process is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Renault Grand Espace, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Renault Grand Espace

So let’s begin our article with the front bumper of your Renault Grand Espace. 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 Renault Grand Espace in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more comfy, we recommend you to lift your Renault Grand Espace and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
  • Open the bonnet of your car: Would seem evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
  • Take off the wheel arches: They’re also referred to as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Renault Grand Espace. Dependant on your motor vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to do 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 fastens the front bumper of your Renault Grand Espace 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 underneath your Renault Grand Espace 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.
  • 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 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 Renault Grand Espace, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite way.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Renault Grand Espace

And to finish, whether or not the operation is quite identical, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Renault Grand Espace. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.

  • Start by performing the same first step, that is, lift your Renault Grand Espace and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Renault Grand Espace serenely
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Renault Grand Espace 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 Grand Espace.
  • Take out the lower bindings underneath your Renault Grand Espace.
  • Simultaneously, make sure un plug 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 Grand Espace, 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 Renault Grand Espace whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are just about the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.

To find more tips on the Renault Grand Espace, take a look at the Renault Grand Espace category.