If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re probably wanting to take care of almost all of the service to be carried out on your Volkswagen Crafter, but some are more difficult than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to operate on. We would really like to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to view how to remove the bumper from a Volkswagen Crafter. This procedure is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Volkswagen Crafter, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Volkswagen Crafter
So let’s start our article with the front bumper of your Volkswagen Crafter. 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 adhere to to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Volkswagen Crafter in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we encourage you to lift your Volkswagen Crafter and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your vehicle: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away the wheel arches: They’re also called fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Volkswagen Crafter. Depending on your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to get this done, 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 in back of your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Volkswagen Crafter 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 Volkswagen Crafter 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.
- Make sure 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 most likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of employing 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 Volkswagen Crafter, to reassemble it adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Volkswagen Crafter
And to finish, even if the procedure is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Volkswagen Crafter. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.
- Start with performing the same first step, that is, lift your Volkswagen Crafter and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Volkswagen Crafter without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Volkswagen Crafter to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it easier to remove the bumper from your Volkswagen Crafter.
- Remove the lower bindings below your Volkswagen Crafter.
- At the same time, be sure you 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 Crafter, adhere to the same procedure as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Volkswagen Crafter 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.
If you need more guides on the Volkswagen Crafter, go to our Volkswagen Crafter category.
