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Removing lower center grill - Question!
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:23 pm
by Vortice
Hi,
Today I was trying to fit the gti grilles to my car. I was able to fit the upper center grill and the little ones on the sides of the bumper (not difficult
), but I couldn't get the lower center one off
Is it necessary to remove the bumper to get it off, or is there any other way to do it?
Cheers
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:29 pm
by inder
It is clipped around the edges and is a real pain to remove.
You could try pry off the bottom edge with a plastic tool and pull it out like that or perhaps thread some strong string thru the holes and use it as leverage.
I used a combination of the two ideas to remove it - I ended up breaking one whole side of clips, but it does not matter if you are not keeping the old grille.
New honeycomb one will just click into the slots left in the bumper cutout for it.
Hope helps,
Re: Removing lower center grill - Question!
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:14 am
by mysteryboy
Vortice wrote: but I couldn't get the lower center one off
Hi,
If its anything like the mk4 one... push down with a screwdriver on the clip and pull at the same time.
Good Luck
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:17 am
by mysteryboy
Removing lower center grill
Didnt seem to see that when making my 1st reply...ignore me
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:57 pm
by Vortice
mysteryboy wrote:Removing lower center grill
Didnt seem to see that when making my 1st reply...ignore me
No problem