Briefly about how to remove the front bumper on "Kalina"

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

During the operation of the car "Lada-Kalina" a situation may arise when a bumper needs to be replaced. This procedure can be performed without contacting specialists and without special knowledge. Any motorist can dismantle himself. All you need is a basic set of tools and an understanding of where the fasteners are located in order to remove it quickly and without breakage. We will tell you more about this in this article.

Why is dismantling necessary?

There are several reasons why a car owner may need a bumper replacement. Among them:

1. During movement and parking, the outer layers of the car body are exposed to chemical and physical influences, which ultimately results in the coating of the car losing its original color and attractive appearance as a whole.
2. Carbon fiber, even if it is strong, can crack even with a slight collision. Most often this occurs in the winter season, when frost affectsmaterial is negative. This makes the plastic more vulnerable. Therefore, even with a slight collision with a snowdrift, the bumper may burst. To restore the coating, it is necessary to dismantle it.
3. In case of serious collisions, the bumper will have to be replaced.
4. You need to remove the bumper in a situation where you need to change the headlights.
5. To tune a car, you often need to take it off for refinement, painting or replacing it with a ready-made tuning one.

It is important not only to correctly remove the bumper on the "Kalina". The front element also needs to be properly color matched if a replacement is being made.

Selection Tips

Usually, sellers have two types of factory front bumpers for this car model in stock: painted and "clean". In this situation, you need to carefully select the color shade, because during operation, the regular parts of the car with factory painting could burn out in the sun, which is why the shade on the new bumper with the same color will be different. Therefore, it is preferable to compare shades on the spot, and not by encoding. The unpainted ones are suitable in situations after an accident, since the neighboring parts of the car will still need to be painted.

Helpful tips

When buying a new car part, you need to pay attention to the following:

• new bumper cover must be free from defects such as cracks and chips;
• plastic from the bumper must be strong and elastic, as new cracks will quickly appear on the fragile one, andit can also burst in weak collisions;
• when buying a tuned bumper, it is useful to determine the presence of holes for fog lights;
• a good bumper has ribs that give the part rigidity and strength, and if they are missing, the bumper may lose its original shape during operation.

What is needed for dismantling?

How to remove the front bumper from the "Lada-Kalina"? It is preferable to carry out this procedure in a special inspection hole, since some fasteners may be located below. If there is no lift or pit, the fasteners can be unscrewed from above blindly or lie down near the car to see where they are.

How to remove the front bumper on "Kalina"? It will be difficult to do this on your own. Therefore, it is better to ask for help from a friend who will hold the bumper when it needs to be unscrewed. Otherwise, there is a risk of breakage.

What tools do you need?

To dismantle the bumper, you need:

• screwdriver;
• wrench 10 mm;
• collar (preferably with a ratchet).

Kalinas of the first and second generations are produced. Among other things, they differ in the way the bumper is attached.

Important: it is recommended to turn off the power to the car before starting dismantling to minimize the risk of a short circuit.

"Kalina" first generation

How to remove the front bumper on "Kalina-1"? To do this, you need to perform the following actions:

1. Open the hoodvehicle.
2. Unscrew the three screws holding the grille in place and remove it.
3. Unscrew the screws of the lower grille. Take it off.
4. Disable fog lights.
5. Disconnect the self-tapping screws securing the bumper (they are located behind the bars).
6. Then you need to go to the inspection hole, as it will be more convenient to unscrew the central bolts there (usually there are three of them).
7. Now remove the four lower screws located in the sides of the bumper.

There are two screws on the front wheel wells that should also be removed.

When all the manipulations are done, it remains only to remove the front bumper on the Kalina. To do this, pry the latch and open it. Next, move the bumper a little forward, removing it from the mounts, and remove. It is advisable to do this with an assistant, as it is not easy to cope with the task alone.

To install the bumper back, you must do all the above manipulations in reverse order.

"Kalina" second generation

How to remove the front bumper on "Kalina-2"? The process of dismantling the new model is somewhat different. You need to do the following:

1. Unscrew the mounting bolts (usually there are three of them: two in the central part and one on the left side).
2. Unscrew the four screws that are on the edge of the bumper.
3. The same number of mounts connect the tires in front of the bumper. They also need to be removed.
4. Unscrew the six bolts located on top near the panel(right next to the radiator).

As in the previous version, it remains only to remove the front bumper on the Kalina by carefully opening the latch and moving it forward.

In conclusion

We hope that this article helped you in solving the problem of removing and installing the bumper on the Lada Kalina. If something does not work out for you, it is better to contact a car service. This will help avoid bumper breakage and save time.