If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re probably keen to look after most of the service to be done on your Toyota Yaris 3, but some are more difficult than others and need the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to work on. We want to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Yaris 3. This procedure is not very difficult 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 Yaris 3, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Toyota Yaris 3
So let’s begin our content with the front bumper of your Toyota Yaris 3. To remove it, you will just need 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 Yaris 3 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we advise you to put your Toyota Yaris 3 on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: 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 Yaris 3. Depending on your motor vehicle 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 Yaris 3 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 underneath your Toyota Yaris 3 to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the motor 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 most 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 Yaris 3, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Toyota Yaris 3
And now, regardless if the procedure is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Toyota Yaris 3. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.
- Start by carrying out the same first stage, that is, lift your Toyota Yaris 3 and take out your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Toyota Yaris 3 serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Toyota Yaris 3 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take out the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Toyota Yaris 3.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Toyota Yaris 3.
- At the same time, remember to 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 Yaris 3, follow the same technique as for the front bumper
Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Toyota Yaris 3 whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are more or less the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you wish more guides on the Toyota Yaris 3, go to our Toyota Yaris 3 category.
