If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re likely keen to look after most of the service to be completed on your Volkswagen Beetle, but some are more difficult than others and require the removal of body parts or components to access the part you want to work on. We really want to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Volkswagen Beetle. This action is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few tools. To do so , first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Volkswagen Beetle, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Volkswagen Beetle
So let’s commence our article with the front bumper of your Volkswagen Beetle. 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 follow in order to disassemble the bumper of your Volkswagen Beetle in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we recommend you to lift your Volkswagen Beetle 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.
- Remove 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 Volkswagen Beetle. According to your automobile features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to accomplish this, 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 locks the front bumper of your Volkswagen Beetle 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 Volkswagen Beetle to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the automobile, 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 working with 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 Volkswagen Beetle, to reassemble it follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Volkswagen Beetle
And to finish, even if the process is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Volkswagen Beetle. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more info.
- Start by carrying out the same first step, that is, lift your Volkswagen Beetle and take out your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Volkswagen Beetle serenely
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Volkswagen Beetle 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 Volkswagen Beetle.
- Remove the lower bindings underneath your Volkswagen Beetle.
- While doing so, 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 Volkswagen Beetle, follow the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Volkswagen Beetle whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are practically the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
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