If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re probably willing to handle almost all of the maintenance to be completed on your Toyota Camry, but some are more complex than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to work on. We really want to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Camry. This process 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 Toyota Camry, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Toyota Camry
So let’s commence our article content with the front bumper of your Toyota Camry. 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 follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Toyota Camry in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we recommend you to put your Toyota Camry on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your motor vehicle: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Remove the wheel arches: They’re also known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Toyota Camry. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also be able 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 behind your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Toyota Camry 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 under your Toyota Camry 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 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 perhaps forgot a screw or a clip. Think of using 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 Toyota Camry, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Toyota Camry
And to finish, regardless if the process is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Toyota Camry. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.
- Start by carrying out the same first step, that is, lift your Toyota Camry and take out your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Toyota Camry without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Toyota Camry to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Toyota Camry.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Toyota Camry.
- 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 Toyota Camry, follow the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Camry whether it is the front one or the rear one the solutions are pretty much the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you want more guides on the Toyota Camry, go to our Toyota Camry category.
