Replacing the front bumper on Kalina

Front bumper - wears out (rots) over time, and also deforms on impact, and generally absorbs almost everything that is thrown off by cars in front, so the bumper is changed often, and if we have Take into account the fact that the bumper is made of plastic, therefore, in severe frosts, the plastic hardens and thus deforms and cracks even with a slight impact, but plastic bumpers have a number of advantages over metal ones, firstly, they soften the blow, this is especially useful if you are injured at low speed (it almost hurts). won’t feel it), and secondly, it has better aerodynamics and at high speed the car keeps better on the road than metal bumpers, so recently, Metal bumpers have been used in several places on new cars, and in fact they are not needed, squirming under the plastic a metal beam that will also stop knocking in a major crash.

Note!

To replace the bumper, you will need to stock up: a “10” key, as well as a screwdriver and a socket wrench somewhere “13”!

When should the front bumper be replaced?

You can replace it at your discretion, but we will give you some advice on when it is best to replace it, starting with the fact that quite a few people have recently divorced cars without a front bumper, on the road with a train, wherever it is, that is this will greatly affect the fuel economy as the car's aerodynamics are significantly degraded, so keep that in mind, even if the bumper isn't badly damaged and you still don't have the money to buy a new one, it may not be nice to drive like this, but it's not will not affect any functions.

How to replace the front bumper with a VAZ 1117-VAZ 1119?

Note!

When you go to the auto shop, think about what else you need to buy for a new bumper, for example, as we said, there is a beam under the bumper, it can be different depending on your car (I mean, it can be plastic or metal , there will be metal if you have viburnum Sport or a newer copy of viburnum), and also if your bumper is equipped with fog lights, but the liner into which they are inserted shattered upon impact, then you will need to stock up on new liners (these are the brackets where the fog lights are inserted)!

Retirement:

1. To remove the bumper, you must first remove the grille, to do this, unscrew the three upper screws with a screwdriver, and then slightly raise the grille and unhook its supports.
2. Go ahead, now if you have a fender installed on the car, then unscrew three screws on both fenders and exactly in those places where the fender is attached to the front bumper of the car, then go to the bottom and unscrew the two screws on the sides that hold the lower trim and then remove it from the bumper, then unscrew two more lower screws but this time these screws hold the bumper itself to the plastic beam from below.
3. Well, at the end we take a socket wrench (it’s convenient that they work) or if there are socket heads and a knob, then you can use them, so with the help of the socket, unscrew the three lower screws and then the two upper side screws and unscrew the two central side screws and then bend the bumper on the sides so that it unhooks from the supports and, accordingly, remove the car bumper.

Installation:

The new bumper is installed in its place in the same way as it was removed, but if you still want to replace the beam or brackets (for example, if these brackets on which the beam is installed are bent, then the bumper will no longer fit the supports evenly), then this is done very easy, four bolts fasten the beam, two of them, these bolts fasten the beam along the edges and if you unscrew them, you can remove them from the car, and when you remove the brackets, you can also remove them and replace them with new ones, they are so fastened with two bolts.

Additional video clip:

You can see the process of replacing the bumper in more detail and clearly in the video below, and only there the bumper is removed to install fog lights, think and decide to put them on yourself, there really isn’t much needed.