If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most likely eager to look after the majority of the work to be carried out on your Subaru Forester, but some are more complex than others and require the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to operate on. We would like to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Subaru Forester. This process is not very complex and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To do so , first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Subaru Forester, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Subaru Forester
So let’s start our article with the front bumper of your Subaru Forester. 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 follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Subaru Forester in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we recommend you to put your Subaru Forester on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your motor vehicle: Seems evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take out the wheel arches: They’re also named fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Subaru Forester. Depending on your motor vehicle 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 at the rear of your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Subaru Forester 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 Subaru Forester 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.
- 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 most likely 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 Subaru Forester, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Subaru Forester
And to finish, even if the process is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Subaru Forester. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more information.
- Start by performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Subaru Forester and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Subaru Forester without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Subaru Forester 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 Subaru Forester.
- Remove the lower bindings underneath your Subaru Forester.
- At the same time, be sure you un plug 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 Subaru Forester, follow the same operation as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Subaru Forester whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are essentially the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you wish more guides on the Subaru Forester, go to our Subaru Forester category.
