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Removing and installing front bumper - exploded view: Audi A2

Step-by-step removing and installing front bumper - exploded view for the Audi A2: 14 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

This is the front bumper cover breakdown for the platform code listed below, with removal of the cover itself and its separate trim panel and grille. The front wheel housing liners are detached first, then the self-tapping screws are removed and the spreader rivets released by pressing their pins in just until they engage, not through, so they can be pulled out and reused. The sides are unclipped from the wings and the cover comes off forward. A smaller cover held by Torx bolts and a retainer on the engine side comes away the same way. Trim panels and the air intake grille unclip from the cover. The job is mainly about not breaking clips: release each retainer in turn and listen for them engaging on refitting.

14 steps

🧭 Before you start

Detach the front wheel housing liners, remove the screws, release and pull out the spreader rivets, unclip the sides from the wings and draw the cover forwards. Remove the second cover via its Torx bolts and retainer. On the bench, release the trim panel retainers and the air intake grille section by section. Refit in reverse, making sure the retainers engage audibly.

Fits: Audi A2 (8Z)

Don't miss

  • Press the spreader rivet pins in only until they engage; pushing them through ruins the rivet.
  • Pull the trim panel off on the inner side first, then slide it sideways off the cover.
  • Listen for the retainers engaging on the inner side when refitting the trim panel.
  • Release the grille retainers section by section rather than levering the grille out in one go.

Written for this job from the workshop steps below · TorqFix editorial.

📋 Procedure

  1. Detach wheel housing liner (front)
  2. Remove self-tapping screws and .
  3. Press pins of spreader rivets in so that they engage. Do NOT press in further.
  4. Do NOT press pin through completely.
  5. Pull out spreader rivet.
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  1. Unclip sides of cover at left and right from wing panel .
  2. Detach cover from vehicle towards the front.
  3. To remove cover (1), unscrew Torx bolts (2).
  4. Release retainer (arrow), working from engine compartment side. Then push cover out towards the side.
  5. Detach cover from vehicle towards the front.
  6. Use screwdriver to release retainers (arrows) on trim panel.
  7. First pull trim panel off on inner side of vehicle, then detach it from cover towards the side.
  8. When installing, you must hear retainers engage on inner side of vehicle.
  9. To remove, press retainers (arrows) together section by section and then detach air intake grille from cover.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.