If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re likely keen to handle most of the maintenance to be done on your Seat Ateca, but some are more complicated than others and require the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to operate on. We really want to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Seat Ateca. This task is not very complicated and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Seat Ateca, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Seat Ateca
So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Seat Ateca. To remove it, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to stick to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Seat Ateca in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we advise you to put your Seat Ateca on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a good 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 out the wheel arches: They’re also known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Seat Ateca. Dependant on your motor 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 gently with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
- Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is at the rear of your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Seat Ateca 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 beneath your Seat Ateca 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.
- 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 perhaps forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with 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 Seat Ateca, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Seat Ateca
And to finish, even if the operation is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Seat Ateca. 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 info.
- Start with executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Seat Ateca and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Seat Ateca without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Seat Ateca to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Seat Ateca.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Seat Ateca.
- While doing so, 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 Seat Ateca, stick to the same technique as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Seat Ateca whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are pretty much the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Seat Ateca, do not hesitate to consult our Seat Ateca category.
