If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re likely willing to take care of almost all of the maintenance to be carried out on your Subaru Impreza, but some are more difficult than others and need the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to operate on. We really want to help you in this task. That’s why in this article we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Subaru Impreza. This task is not very difficult and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Subaru Impreza, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Subaru Impreza
So let’s commence our content with the front bumper of your Subaru Impreza. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your Subaru Impreza in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we encourage you to lift your Subaru Impreza and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away the wheel arches: They’re also identified as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Subaru Impreza. Depending on your motor 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 behind your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Subaru Impreza 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 Subaru Impreza 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.
- Remember to 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 quite likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of employing 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 Subaru Impreza, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Subaru Impreza
And to conclude, regardless if the operation is quite similar, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Subaru Impreza. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.
- Start with undertaking the same first step, that is, lift your Subaru Impreza and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Subaru Impreza serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Subaru Impreza to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Subaru Impreza.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Subaru Impreza.
- While doing so, make sure 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 Impreza, follow the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Subaru Impreza whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are just about the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
To discover more tips on the Subaru Impreza, take a look at the Subaru Impreza category.
