If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re almost certainly willing to handle the vast majority of the work to be completed on your Volkswagen Transporter, but some are more difficult than others and require the removal of body parts or elements to access the component you want to work on. We want to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to find out how to remove the bumper from a Volkswagen Transporter. This task is not very difficult and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. For that, first we will discover how to remove the front bumper of your Volkswagen Transporter, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

remove-bumper-volkswagen-transporter

How to remove the front bumper from a Volkswagen Transporter

So let’s start our document with the front bumper of your Volkswagen Transporter. To remove it, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Volkswagen Transporter in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more comfy, we encourage you to lift your Volkswagen Transporter and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
  • Open the bonnet of your vehicle: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
  • Remove 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 Transporter. Depending on your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also be able to find staples, to achieve 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 from behind your mudguard and that seals the front bumper of your Volkswagen Transporter 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 Transporter to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the 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 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 Transporter, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite way.

How to remove the rear bumper from a Volkswagen Transporter

And to conclude, regardless if the process is quite identical, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Volkswagen Transporter. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more info.

  • Start with performing the same first stage, that is, lift your Volkswagen Transporter and take out your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Volkswagen Transporter without trouble
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your Volkswagen Transporter to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Remove the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your Volkswagen Transporter.
  • Remove the lower bindings below your Volkswagen Transporter.
  • 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 Transporter, stick 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 Transporter whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are essentially the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.

If you have any additional questions about the Volkswagen Transporter, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Transporter category.