DIY: Removing Front Grille

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Sep 2, 2010 | 11:20 PM

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Namir

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I used a pair of long hemostats for the clips on the wire harness. That worked great too!

Hahaha I thought I was the only one who used medical tools for car installs.
Dropped a screw into my engine bay and fished it out with an endograsp (laparoscopic)

Hemostats and needle holders weren't long enough.

Nov 10, 2010 | 04:08 PM

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awesome dyi! It was perfect for a person who never touched a G lol
Turned out great without breaking anything!

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Nov 10, 2010 | 06:54 PM

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They must have changed things for 2010... unless it's the same for the sedans... I tried taking my cover off earlier tonight. There's some heavier wires/corrugated hose clipped nice and tight onto the underside of the cover. It makes it very difficult to pull the cover back and off, and you cannot unclip those damn things in order to put the cover aside. I also unbolted that reservoir behind it. There was no way I could pull the cover back enough over those two little posts in the middle without that step.

So, for the 2010 sedans at least... the only possible way I see to remove the grill is to remove the front bumper.

i got the same thing...got to the point to unclip the wires behind the cover. no luck. end up putting everything back.

Nov 16, 2010 | 07:21 PM

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I'm doing this on this weekend. So about the radiator cover. What do I need to do in order to prevent cracking? Remove the other thing beside it too?

Nov 17, 2010 | 03:01 AM

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i got the same thing...got to the point to unclip the wires behind the cover. no luck. end up putting everything back.

You really need to get needle nose on those clamps to get them off. Its the same on the 08 coupe for me

Dec 20, 2010 | 03:56 PM

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i used my fingers... it was quite simple.

Jan 15, 2011 | 12:22 AM

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Tried this evening on my '09 coupe...Failure. It seems from reading everyones posts (I did this after doing the DIY...duh) that something changed on the 09+. There are a bunch of harnesss and wires connected to the bottom of the rad cover. Its almost impossible to unclip them due to clearance. I dont see these in the pics from the '08 in the DIY. Just my experience.

JUST TAKE OFF THE DAMN BUMPER!!! DONT RISK CRACKING YOUR RAD COVER!!!

I took the bumper off in 10min...no issues there.

Jan 15, 2011 | 01:22 AM

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This DIY worked fine for me, there was enough clearance to remove the cables just take your time. I have an 09

Jan 22, 2011 | 03:29 AM

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thanks for the write up!

Jan 22, 2011 | 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ahmsg420

I just tried this first thing in the morning and cracked my radiator cover as well lol...anyone know what to do with those thick wires connected to the underside of the radiator cover? I don't think it's okay to snip those off...help!

Anyone for a GB on radiator covers??

Jan 22, 2011 | 11:39 AM

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thanks for those pics! really helpful man i have so much trouble removing it. .

i got it now*

Feb 3, 2011 | 06:48 PM

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Excellent!!! Thank u

Feb 5, 2011 | 06:15 PM

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thanks great DYI. as long as your careful with the 2 front mounts its easy. i only undid the one bolt on the white container (the one thats directly infront of the two troublesome mounts). took a whole 10 mins to take off and 5 to put back on haha

Feb 6, 2011 | 03:17 PM

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Thanks a lot. DIY helped out... Took about 5 mins getting the grille out and back in. The rest was dry time.
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Feb 6, 2011 | 03:37 PM

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^^^^ BLING!!!!! lol.

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