If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most likely willing to take care of most of the maintenance to be achieved on your volvo v40, but some are more complicated than others and need the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to focus on. We really want to help you in this process. That’s why on this web page we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a volvo v40. This operation is not very complicated and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your volvo v40, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a volvo v40
So let’s begin our content with the front bumper of your volvo v40. To remove it, you will just require 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 volvo v40 in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfortable, we suggest you to put your volvo v40 on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a good access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Seems evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away the wheel arches: They’re also named fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your volvo v40. Dependant on your vehicle features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability 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 at the rear of your mudguard and that fastens the front bumper of your volvo v40 on the sides.
- Unscrew the screws or remove the clips on the upper part of the bumper in the engine bay.
- Now it’s time to go under your volvo v40 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.
- 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 quite 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 volvo v40, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a volvo v40
And to conclude, regardless if the operation is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your volvo v40. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will exclusively give you the broad outlines, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more info.
- Start with performing the same first stage, that is, lift your volvo v40 and remove your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working area to remove the bumper of your volvo v40 without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your volvo v40 to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it much easier to remove the bumper from your volvo v40.
- Take away the lower bindings below your volvo v40.
- While doing so, make sure to 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 volvo v40, follow the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a volvo v40 whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are pretty much the same and it is enough to be meticulous to make everything go well.
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