Tips for removing rear bumper.

C

clubsport

A2OC Donor
A few days ago I drove my recently acquired A2 in the rain and now find I have the dreaded water in the boot floor.:mad:

Slightly disappointing as a replacement for my previous sublime S4, I hope I haven't actually bought a Trabant with Audi badges :rolleyes:

Using the search function on this excellent forum, I now understand the rear bumper needs to removed to see where the water is actually coming in.

I found this thread (thanks Robert :) ) which goes through a bumper removal.

http://www.a2oc.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5878&highlight=removing+rear+bumper

I wondered if anyone else who had done this could clarify a couple of points please;

After the rear wheels and arch liners are removed, can you access all of the bumper screws from underneath or do you need to take out the inner boot floor moulding?

Secondly, Robert mentions swinging the bumper round, I would have thought it would have been easier to pull it straight off and way for access?

I would appreciate relevent tips from anyone who has had the pleasure of removing their bumper.
Cheers :)
 
Nothing needs to be removed internally - apart from the black plastic trim between the chrome strip and the rubber seal.

Once the screws under the arches have been removed, ease the sides of the bumper (the bits that go to a point) away from the body and then take the entire bumper off rear-wards.

You'll ideally need a couple of new seals for the vents below the light clusters - I'd get these ordered and picked up beofre you start!

Cheers,

Mike
 
Thanks Skipton,

I had to remove a piece of trim which was the inner wall of the load area to give me room to get the polystyrene mouldings for the jack and toolkit out, is this the only trim that needs to come out?
Cheers :)
 
Is it not possible/easier to access the inside of these vents and holes by removing the internal boot trim, and then sealing around the affected seals/areas with some silicone sealer? That would surely be easier than removing the bumper?
 
If you've ever tried to remove the boot liners, you'll know that the bumper is easier to remove!!

The rear panel, held on by 3 torx screws, is all that is needed to be removed to take out the polystyrene tool holders.

Cheers,

Mike
 
Thanks for that Skpton, that is trim part is already out....Quite noisy without it.
I must say, I am not over impressed with this, the car is 3 years & 3 months old, private sale, so is out of warranty,,,fair enough, but I didn't expect the car to leak like a canoe from a well known problem...rubber parts failing after 3 years, hardly tuetonic build quality is it???

Are there any other known problems which afffect many of the A2??....I have already rectified the condensation problem in one of the headlights, if I wanted a kit car I would have bought another Caterham! :rolleyes:
 
You've just been unlucky that's all - my A2 is 3 years 8 months old and (touch wood) there is not problem with water ingress. I have a hunch that there have been a few dodgy batches of these vents and also, cars kept in garages seem to fare worse, possibly due to regular large environmental changes.

Cheers,

Mike
 
Tks Skipton, I appreciate your response... I don't have the time to challenge Audi on this, but faulty seals should really come under the body guarantee.... Clearly something to mention, why I am not so interested when the salesman is trying to shift the RS4's stuck on his forecourt.
 
Even if you had the time, you would not win the argument, as the seal is part of a separate part, not the body.

Actually, the part is from the Audi 100!!!

That's right, the vents (part number 4A0 819 181) are from a car that's been out of production for 10 years!

Cheers,

Mike
 
This is fun!?

Once all the torx bolts removed, I had difficuty actally getting the bumper off,,,the trick appeared to be to push the pointed wings of the bumper down away from the bodywork...there are 2 locking keys which lock into the top of the bumper, attend to these before actally pulling the bumper back and away from the car.
 
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