If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly keen to handle most of the maintenance to be completed on your Toyota Verso, but some are more complex than others and require the removal of body parts or components to access the component you want to work on. We would really like to help you in this operation. That’s why on this web page we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Verso. This task is not very complex and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Toyota Verso, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Toyota Verso
So let’s commence our content with the front bumper of your Toyota Verso. To remove it, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the simple steps you will have to follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your Toyota Verso in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to put your Toyota Verso on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: 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 Verso. Depending on your car 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 carefully 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 Verso 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 Verso 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 quite likely 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 Verso, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Toyota Verso
And to finish, even if the operation is quite identical, we will check out the case of removing the rear bumper from your Toyota Verso. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will only give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more information.
- Start with executing the same first stage, that is, lift your Toyota Verso and remove your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Toyota Verso without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Toyota Verso 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 Verso.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Toyota Verso.
- While doing so, make sure 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 Toyota Verso, follow the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Verso whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are almost the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
To discover more tips on the Toyota Verso, take a look at the Toyota Verso category.
