If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re quite likely willing to take care of most of the work to be carried out on your Volkswagen Polo, but some are more complicated than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to work on. We would like to help you in this task. That’s why today we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Volkswagen Polo. This task is not very complicated and you should be able to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Volkswagen Polo, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Volkswagen Polo
So let’s start our article content with the front bumper of your Volkswagen Polo. 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 adhere to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Volkswagen Polo in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we advise you to put your Volkswagen Polo on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a best 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.
- Take away the wheel arches: They’re also described as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Volkswagen Polo. Depending on your motor vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able 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 behind your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Volkswagen Polo 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 Polo 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.
- Be sure you 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 quite likely 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 Volkswagen Polo, to put it back in place adhere to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Volkswagen Polo
And to conclude, even if the process is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Volkswagen Polo. 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 info.
- Start by performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Volkswagen Polo and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your Volkswagen Polo without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Volkswagen Polo 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 Polo.
- Take away the lower bindings underneath your Volkswagen Polo.
- While doing so, be sure you 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 Volkswagen Polo, adhere to the same method as for the front bumper
Here, you have discoverd through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Volkswagen Polo whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are essentially the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
If you want more guides on the Volkswagen Polo, go to our Volkswagen Polo category.
