If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re probably willing to handle most of the maintenance to be done on your Renault Trafic, but some are more complex than others and require the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to work on. We really want to help you in this task. That’s why on this web page we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Renault Trafic. This procedure 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 Trafic, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Renault Trafic
So let’s commence our content with the front bumper of your Renault Trafic. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to adhere to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Renault Trafic in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to put your Renault Trafic on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take out 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 Trafic. Dependant on your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to do 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 fastens the front bumper of your Renault Trafic 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 below your Renault Trafic 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.
- Make sure 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 employing a carpet or other to prevent 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 Trafic, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Renault Trafic
And to conclude, even if the procedure is quite equivalent, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Renault Trafic. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more info.
- Start by performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Renault Trafic and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Renault Trafic serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Renault Trafic to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it more convenient to remove the bumper from your Renault Trafic.
- Take off the lower bindings below your Renault Trafic.
- Simultaneously, 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 Trafic, 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 Trafic whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are almost the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
To find more tips on the Renault Trafic, take a look at the Renault Trafic category.
