If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re likely wanting to look after the majority of the service to be achieved on your Subaru Legacy, but some are more complex than others and require the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to focus on. We would really like to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Subaru Legacy. This operation is not very complex 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 Subaru Legacy, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Subaru Legacy
So let’s begin our content page with the front bumper of your Subaru Legacy. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Subaru Legacy in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to lift your Subaru Legacy and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your vehicle: Would seem evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take out the wheel arches: They’re also called fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Subaru Legacy. According to your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to do 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 Legacy 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 Subaru Legacy to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the 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 quite likely 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 Subaru Legacy, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Subaru Legacy
And now, whether or not the operation is quite similar, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Subaru Legacy. 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 information.
- Start with undertaking the same first step, that is, lift your Subaru Legacy and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Subaru Legacy serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Subaru Legacy to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your Subaru Legacy.
- Take off the lower bindings below your Subaru Legacy.
- Simultaneously, remember to 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 Legacy, 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 Legacy whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are more or less the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
To get more tips on the Subaru Legacy, take a look at the Subaru Legacy category.
