If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re likely willing to look after almost all of the work to be done on your Renault Laguna, but some are more complex than others and need the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to focus on. We would like to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Renault Laguna. This task is not very complex and you should be able to do it with few tools. To do so , first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Renault Laguna, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Renault Laguna
So let’s begin our content page with the front bumper of your Renault Laguna. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your Renault Laguna in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to lift your Renault Laguna and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your motor vehicle: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take out the wheel arches: They’re also known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Renault Laguna. According to your car 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 locks the front bumper of your Renault Laguna 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 Laguna to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the car, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Make sure 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 most likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of employing 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 Laguna, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Renault Laguna
And to conclude, whether or not the operation is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Renault Laguna. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.
- Start by carrying out the same first stage, that is, lift your Renault Laguna and take out your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Renault Laguna serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Renault Laguna to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Renault Laguna.
- Take away the lower bindings underneath your Renault Laguna.
- 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 Laguna, follow the same operation as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Renault Laguna whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are practically the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you need more tutorials on the Renault Laguna, go to our Renault Laguna category.
