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OEM mesh grill - easy to remove?

toypaseo

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I ran across one in the junkyard. It appeared to be a PITA to remove, but that was from a quick glance right before closing.

Easy to remove...?
 






You have to remove the front fascia. there are screws on the top by the hood latch, behind the parking lights and the rest are clips ( all of which broke when I pulled mine off). That gets you too the grill
 






Just the grille needs to come off... To avoid breaking the clips, once you have the bolts off up top on the grille, lightly pull the grille forward and use a screwdriver to push the clips down while you pull the bottom of the grille (pulling from the bottom) make sure the screws are out on the outside of the turnsignal grille surrounds behind the outermost lenses, or you'll break them.

Once the grille itself is off, it's just christmas trees that hold it on there, but once the grille is out of the way, it's obvious what you need to do...
 






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