best way to go about removing the front bumper grille inserts on 05-08?

[rAERRK]

i recently saw where someone had described how, but searching for 'grille' or 'remove' on this site is like looking for a needle in a haystack

[keithvibe]

it helps if you spell grill correctlyhttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=19616http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=19477http://forums.genvibe.com/zero...age=2http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=19514

[rAERRK]

Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »it helps if you spell grill correctlyhttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=19616http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=19477http://forums.genvibe.com/zero...age=2http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=19514i did, it is they who spelled it wrong. but thanks.

[keithvibe]

at least it wasn't spelled grilzjust need to alter your spelling sometimes.

[lovemyraffe]

Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »it helps if you spell grill correctlyI'm going to have to side with rAERRK on this one. It should be spelled "grille," however, Keith is right too. Sometimes you do need to spell things differently to do an efficient search.

[rAERRK]

had to abandon the project for the day because i cant for the life of me figure out how to remove the 3 fake screw rivet things.

[Crabbycrab]

I'd love to get good photo or diagram of what needs to be pulled to get the grill(e)s out of my 06. Awesome links keithvibe, great written out description from binary, lots of dead-linked pics though. But if I'm learning correctly, if there's no photo it didn't happen? Although there's no getting around AKLGT's pink grill(e)s, that most certainly happened.

[keithvibe]

Quote, originally posted by rAERRK »had to abandon the project for the day because i cant for the life of me figure out how to remove the 3 fake screw rivet things. if you can't SLOWLY unscrew them with a phillipshead screwdriver, you need to reach inside the grill with one hand pinch the plastic retainer and then with the other hand SLOWLY unscrew the phillipshead. But the kicker is it's not an actual screw that holds anything LOL

[rAERRK]

yeah im still getting nowhere with them. would it be a terrible idea to just very generously and carefully tape up the bumper and back side of the grilles with paper and paint them while still on the car?

[keithvibe]

you could always drill out the center then pry them out... I've had to do this now and again.Then till you get new ones to replace them, zipties work wonders... FYI you can find replacements in any autoparts store

[rAERRK]

went the lazy route and cordoned off the area with newspaper. just finished up after seeing the finished product with the chrome rings taped up, im tempted to paint them as well

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[epcIII]

When I took off my front grill a few months ago all I remember doing is inserting a screwdriver into the slot (see picture with arrow) and pulling out the center piece. This in turn allows you to just pull out the rest since it is the center piece that pushes out the other parts.

[Wolfman213]

haha i just tore those to shreds and never replaced them. Never caused any probs.

[rAERRK]

Quote, originally posted by Wolfman213 »haha i just tore those to shreds and never replaced them. Never caused any probs.honestly...what were they thinking with those things? why not just use normal screws?