If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re quite likely willing to look after almost all of the service to be done on your Renault Twizy, but some are more challenging than others and need the removal of body parts or components to access the component you want to work on. We really want to help you in this process. That’s why in this article we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Renault Twizy. This operation is not very challenging and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To do so , first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Renault Twizy, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Renault Twizy
So let’s start our article content with the front bumper of your Renault Twizy. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Renault Twizy in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to put your Renault Twizy 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 evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Remove 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 Twizy. Depending on 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 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 seals the front bumper of your Renault Twizy 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 below your Renault Twizy 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 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 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 Twizy, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Renault Twizy
And now, whether or not the operation is quite similar, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Renault Twizy. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more details.
- Start by executing the same first step, that is, lift your Renault Twizy and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Renault Twizy serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Renault Twizy to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Renault Twizy.
- Take out the lower bindings underneath your Renault Twizy.
- Simultaneously, remember to 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 Twizy, stick to the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Renault Twizy whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are practically the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
To discover more tips on the Renault Twizy, take a look at the Renault Twizy category.
