If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re almost certainly wanting to take care of almost all of the service to be done on your Toyota Rav 4, but some are more difficult than others and need the removal of body parts or parts to access the part 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 Toyota Rav 4. This process is not very difficult 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 Toyota Rav 4, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Toyota Rav 4
So let’s start our content with the front bumper of your Toyota Rav 4. To remove it, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to adhere to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Toyota Rav 4 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we suggest you to put your Toyota Rav 4 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 away 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 Rav 4. Depending on your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to get this done, 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 Toyota Rav 4 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 Toyota Rav 4 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.
- Make sure 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 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 Rav 4, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Toyota Rav 4
And to conclude, regardless if the process is quite identical, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Toyota Rav 4. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.
- Start by executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Toyota Rav 4 and remove your rear wheels to be able to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Toyota Rav 4 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Toyota Rav 4 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 Toyota Rav 4.
- Take out the lower bindings below your Toyota Rav 4.
- Simultaneously, make sure 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 Rav 4, adhere to the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Rav 4 whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are more or less the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
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