If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly eager to manage the majority of the service to be done on your Toyota Hilux, 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 would really like to help you in this process. That’s why in this article we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Hilux. This process 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 Toyota Hilux, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Toyota Hilux
So let’s start our article with the front bumper of your Toyota Hilux. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to adhere to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Toyota Hilux in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we recommend you to lift your Toyota Hilux and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect 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 out the wheel arches: They’re also known as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Toyota Hilux. According to your 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 gently 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 locks the front bumper of your Toyota Hilux 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 under your Toyota Hilux 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.
- 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 almost certainly 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 Hilux, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Toyota Hilux
And to finish, regardless if the operation is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Toyota Hilux. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more information.
- Start with performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Toyota Hilux and take off your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Toyota Hilux serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Toyota Hilux to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less complicated to remove the bumper from your Toyota Hilux.
- Take away the lower bindings underneath your Toyota Hilux.
- 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 Hilux, adhere to the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Hilux whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are more or less the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Toyota Hilux, do not hesitate to consult our Toyota Hilux category.
