If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly wanting to manage most of the maintenance to be achieved on your seat ibiza, but some are more complex than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to focus on. We would like to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a seat ibiza. This task is not very complex and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. To accomplish this, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your seat ibiza, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a seat ibiza
So let’s start our document with the front bumper of your seat ibiza. To remove it, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to stick to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your seat ibiza in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to put your seat ibiza on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect 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.
- Remove the wheel arches: They’re also called fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your seat ibiza. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability 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 locks the front bumper of your seat ibiza 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 beneath your seat ibiza 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.
- 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 almost certainly forgot a screw or a clip. Think of using 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 seat ibiza, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a seat ibiza
And to finish, whether or not the procedure is quite identical, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your seat ibiza. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more info.
- Start by carrying out the same first stage, that is, lift your seat ibiza and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your seat ibiza serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your seat ibiza to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your seat ibiza.
- Take away the lower bindings underneath your seat ibiza.
- Simultaneously, make sure 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 seat ibiza, 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 seat ibiza 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.
To find more tips on the seat ibiza, take a look at the seat ibiza category.
