Applies to all models

Illustration A

• Remove the four screws on both sides.

Illustration B

• Place the wing liner to one side. Remove the screw at the upper edge of the cover on both sides.

• Carefully pull of the ends of the bumper cover from the body on both sides. They are attached with hooks at the upper edge of the ends and at the lower edge of the tail lights.

• Pull off the bumper cover from the rear of the body, it is positioned in seven guides at the top edge of the long side. If the car has rear parking assistance, disconnect the connector on the right-hand side of it.

• Place the bumper cover on a suitable surface.

Applies to cars with parking assistance

• Carefully pry up the catches on the cradles for the sensors and carefully pull the sensors off.

• Detach the clamps on the cable harness from the terminals in the bumper cover's lower section and place the cable harness with sensors to one side. It will be reused.

• Remove the sensors from the cable harness, these will not be reused. New sensors can be found in the kit.

Applies to all models

• Remove the bumper cover's lower section by carefully prying it from the upper section all the way around, starting from one side. It is attached by catches all the way around. The lower section will not be reused. A new lower section can be found in the kit.

• Get the new lower section from the kit.

• Take the four spring nuts from the kit and press them into the ends of the lower section.

Applies to cars with a tow hitch

• Saw out the new lower section according to the markings. Remove the shaded area.

• Tape the outside to prevent the saw foot from damaging the paint.

  
  

  Note! Do not damage the paintwork of the bumper cover.

  
  

• Smooth off the sawn edges with a fine toothed file.

Image A - Detachable towbar

Image B - Fixed towbar

Image C - Hitch towbar

Applies to all models

• Carefully secure the new lower section from the kit to the upper section.

Applies to cars with parking assistance

• Take new sensors from the kit and secure in the existing cradles.

  
  

  Note! The large gray connector must protrude from the right-hand side of the bumper cover.

  
  

• Connect the old cable harness to the sensors and secure with the clips in the cradles.

  
  

  Note! Two new clamps by the outer sensors.

  
  

• Secure the two centre clips at the lower edge on the collision member when reinstalling the bumper cover.

Applies to cars with 4-cyl engine and 5-cyl diesel engine with single or twin silencers and FWD.

• A recess on the underneath of the exhaust pipe indicates the cutting point.

• Cut off the pipe.

Applies to cars with 4-cyl engine and 5-cyl diesel engine and FWD with single silencer.

• Detach the rubber mounting from the mounting on the silencer.

• Remove the silencer and place to one side. This will not be reused.

• If necessary, smooth off the end of the pipe.

• Take the large clamp from the exhaust pipe kit and insert it on the exhaust pipe with the nuts pointing down.

• Take the appropriate exhaust system and install.

• Secure the rubber mounting in the new silencer.

• Pull up the clamp so that it covers both pipe ends and is in the middle of the cutting point. Do not tighten yet.

• Position the clamp so that it can be accessed for tightening and is not at risk of chafing against nearby parts when the exhaust system moves.

Applies to cars with 5-cyl diesel engine with twin silencers and FWD

• Detach the rubber mountings from the mountings on the silencers.

• Remove the silencers and place to one side. They will not be reused.

• If necessary, smooth off the end of the pipe.

• Take the large clamp from the exhaust pipe kit and insert it on the exhaust pipe with the nuts pointing down.

• Take the appropriate left exhaust system and install.

• Secure the rubber mounting in the new silencer.

• Take the appropriate right exhaust system from the kit.

• Position the clamp on the new exhaust pipe and insert the pipe on the previously installed exhaust system.

• Secure the rubber mounting in the new silencer.

• Do not tighten fully yet.

• Pull up the clamp so that it covers both pipe ends and is in the middle of the cutting point. Do not tighten yet.

• Position the clamp so that it can be accessed for tightening and is not at risk of chafing against nearby parts when the exhaust system moves.

Applies to cars with 5-cyl petrol engine, FWD and turbo, as well as 6-cyl engine FWD without turbo with twin silencers.

• A recess on the underneath of the pipe indicates the cutting point.

• Cut off the pipe.

• Detach the rubber mountings from the mountings on the silencers.

• Remove the silencers and place to one side. They will not be reused.

• If necessary, smooth off the end of the pipe.

• Take the large cable tie from the exhaust pipe kit and insert it on the exhaust pipe with the nuts pointing down.

• Take the appropriate left exhaust system and install.

• Secure the rubber mounting in the new silencer.

• Take the appropriate right exhaust system from the kit.

• Position the clamp on the new exhaust pipe and insert the pipe in the pipe on the previously installed exhaust system.

• Secure the rubber mounting in the new silencer.

• Do not tighten the clamp fully yet.

• Pull up the clamp so that it covers both pipe ends and is in the middle of the cutting point. Do not tighten yet.

• Position the clamp so that it can be accessed for tightening and is not at risk of chafing against nearby parts when the exhaust system moves.

Applies to cars with 5-cyl diesel engine and AWD, as well as 6-cyl engine FWD and AWD, with and without turbo, with single or twin silencers

• A recess on the underneath of the pipe indicates the cutting point.

• Cut off the pipe.

• Unhook the rubber mounting from the exhaust pipe.

Applies to cars with 6-cyl engine and 5-cyl diesel engine with twin silencers.

• Detach the rubber mountings from the mountings on the silencers.

• Remove the silencers and place to one side. They will not be reused.

• If necessary, smooth off the end of the pipe.

• Take the large clamp from the exhaust pipe kit and insert it on the exhaust pipe with the nuts pointing down.

• Take the appropriate left exhaust system and install.

• Secure the rubber mounting in the new silencer.

• Take the appropriate right exhaust system from the kit.

• Position the clamp on the new exhaust pipe and insert the pipe on the previously installed exhaust system.

• Secure the rubber mounting in the new silencer.

• Do not tighten the clamp fully yet.

Applies to cars with 5-cyl diesel engine and single silencer

• Detach the rubber mounting from the mounting on the silencer.

• Remove the silencer and place to one side. This will not be reused.

• If necessary, smooth off the end of the pipe.

• Take the large clamp from the exhaust pipe kit and insert it on the exhaust pipe with the nuts pointing down.

• Take the appropriate exhaust system and install.

• Secure the rubber mounting in the new silencer.

Applies to all models

• Pull up the clamp so that it covers both pipe ends and is in the middle of the cutting point. Do not tighten yet.

• Position the clamp so that it can be accessed for tightening and is not at risk of chafing against nearby parts when the exhaust system moves.

Illustrations A and B

• Raise the bumper cover.

  
  

  Note! It is recommended that two people carry out this step to prevent damaging the bumper cover.

  
  

Applies to cars with parking assistance

• Plug in the connector.

Applies to all models

• Press the bumper's hooks in at the rear edge. Press all hooks for the ends into the body.

• Reinstall the screws on the front edges of the bumper cover, as well as the screws partially hidden by the wing liner.

• Reinstall the two rubber stops for the boot lid.

Applies to cars with parking assistance, with or without towbar

• Turn the two centre clips on the cable harness for the sensors so that it is inside the compartment at the lower edge of the collision member.

• Take two new cable ties from the kit.

• Press the clips in the collision member on both sides.

• Tighten the cable ties.

• Reinstall the plastic nuts at the lower edge on the bumper cover.

Applies to cars with double silencers

• Adjust the positions of the silencers so that the measurement between end pipes and cut-out in the bumper cover's lower section is the same on both sides. Adjust at the two clamps and the two rear brackets for the silencers, if necessary.

• Torque tighten the two exhaust clamps to 50 Nm (37 lbf.ft.). If the screws for the brackets for the silencers have been slackened off, torque tighten these to the same torque.

Applies to cars with single silencer

• Adjust the position of the silencer so that the end pipe is centered in the cut-out. Adjust at the clamp and the rear bracket for the silencer, if necessary.

• Torque tighten the exhaust clamp to 50 Nm (37 lbf.ft.). If the screw in the bracket for the silencer has been slackened off, torque tighten this to the same torque.

Applies to cars with rear parking assistance

• Download the software for the accessory's function following the service information in VIDA.