If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly eager to take care of most of the work to be achieved on your Toyota Sequoia, but some are more challenging than others and need the removal of body parts or elements to access the part you want to work on. We want to help you in this process. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Sequoia. This operation is not very challenging and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Toyota Sequoia, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a Toyota Sequoia

So let’s commence our content page with the front bumper of your Toyota Sequoia. 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 in order to disassemble the bumper of your Toyota Sequoia in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more comfy, we advise you to lift your Toyota Sequoia and to remove the front wheels to have a best 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.
  • Remove the wheel arches: They’re also referred to as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Toyota Sequoia. According to your car 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 Sequoia 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 beneath your Toyota Sequoia 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.
  • Remember to 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 probably 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 Toyota Sequoia, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Toyota Sequoia

And to conclude, whether or not the process is quite identical, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Toyota Sequoia. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more details.

  • Start with undertaking the same first step, that is, lift your Toyota Sequoia and remove your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your Toyota Sequoia serenely
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Toyota Sequoia to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less complicated to remove the bumper from your Toyota Sequoia.
  • Take off the lower bindings below your Toyota Sequoia.
  • While doing so, 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 Sequoia, adhere to the same procedure as for the front bumper

Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Sequoia whether it is the front one or the rear one the approaches are practically the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.

If you need more guides on the Toyota Sequoia, go to our Toyota Sequoia category.