03+ Black grill removal help!!

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:54 pm

Ok, bumper is off, chrome pieces are off, and the black part is halfway off. I can't get it to come off all the way, I think I know why. It looks like the little red guys are holding it in, but I can't get them to release. I already broke one, so I want to know the right way to do it. Pics:

In this pic you can see how I fubared the red dudes:

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:32 pm

Okay, well just in case anyone was wondering, the method of choice is a crowbar.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:49 pm

bad idea to lay your bumper on the ground like that... it's gonna be scratched to shit man.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:00 pm

It already was scratched up pretty good, and the license plate holder kept it from touching the concrete anyway.

rannox · Post by **rannox** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:02 pm

sawsall ftw!.

Seriosly, get a few towels or something and lay in on them if ur gonna have it on the cement like that.

Im guessing you could get a flathead screwdiver, and push the red parts down, and pull on the grill.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:12 pm

lol. Yeah, I was just happy to finally have it off so I didn't think of towels or anything. It's over any done with now though. I'll remember that stuff for next time. For anyone else who has trouble with this, I used a crowbar. It works pretty nicely. Thanks for the posts, guys.

MoparNeonMan · Post by **MoparNeonMan** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:00 pm

have you assembled it yet? Id like pics of the "red dudes" before you put it together just for future use

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:10 pm

Right now I put the bumper back on, but the grill insert is not in it. The paint can said it takes 24 hrs to dry, so I will have to re-remove the bumper tomorrow, put the grill in it, and then re-re-install it. Yuck.

I already posted a pic of the "red dudes" though. Just scroll up.