Body/Trim: Rear Bumper Removal - Guide

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Guys

Thought I would post this up as a nice and easy pictorial guide to removing the XC90 rear bumper.


Firstly - this post is provided as-is, It is YOUR responsibility to ensure that all work is carried out observing all required saftey precautions

A picture is worth a thousand words... so they say!

I needed to do this to replace a rear parking sensor.

First, remove the battery bracket and plastic cover - and also the foam "panels" on the inside rear of the boot - exposing some holes. (not easy at this angle to photo!) There is one panel at each side of the boot.



If your car has rear park assist, disconnect the wiring plug from the park assist module in the nearside boot trim panel - you will need to feed the cable through when you pull the bumper off later.



Undo the four nuts - I say nuts, but they are welded to sleeves.... as see here with a foam cover... I used a short extension and be careful - you dont want to drop the sleeves inside the chassis which is very piossible if you are clumsy when withdrawing them.



Next, drill out the pop rivet under the rear bumper where it attached to the bumper support bracket. These are right behind each rear wheel (one per side)



Next, I removed the two plastic trims under the rear lights.... these just pull off... and on the offside one (RHD) disconnect the light wiring....



This picture shows the clips that attaches these trims - its easier to remove them when you know what the clips look like (this is the nearside trim). There are also two clips behind each panel that need released too - seen here.





I also removed the rear mudflaps as they envelope the rear bumper and hamper its removal - guess if I was not in a hurry, I could have struggled a bit and left them attached...


Once all that is removed, you can now simply unclip the sides of the rear bumper by pulling the bumper away from the car.

This is not as easy as it sounds and requires strong fingers (or careful use of a trim tool as you WILL mark the arch trims!)

Given that the side clips are unseen from the outside, here is a picture of the back showing you where they are. There are 4 along the top and three down the side.



Once that is done, simply pull the bumper back off the car!






Assembly is reverse of removal - with the exception that I did not pop rivet the mudflaps or bumper back on - I used some stainless M6 20mm bolts with 15mm washers and some nyloc nuts.... you never know when you may be back in there...




Hope that helps someone!

David