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Old Jul 23, 2011 | 01:32 PM
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One yank guys, one hard yank per side!
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 06:28 PM
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Thanks Olli this was helpful. I just needed to pull a bunch of leaves and a dead bird off my radiator; I'll think about black grills later. I did the Torx screws not the yank.

My car has T27 screws, not T30 for whatever reason.
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 03:20 PM
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This was helpfull, i did manage to get my hand in there while using a large screw driver to hold the gap open, things were going well untill the screw driver fell out and the plastic bit that was pulled back then sprung back trapping my fingers, at this point i had removed some of the clips so just grabbed the grill in frustration and yanked the mother out, but its all done now
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Ragtop Steve
This was helpfull, i did manage to get my hand in there while using a large screw driver to hold the gap open, things were going well untill the screw driver fell out and the plastic bit that was pulled back then sprung back trapping my fingers, at this point i had removed some of the clips so just grabbed the grill in frustration and yanked the mother out, but its all done now
Lol, sounds like you've discovered my method, lol.
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Old May 15, 2013 | 07:22 PM
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Great post! Just changed mine out in about 20 minutes, with no damage or injuries... while the storm disaster sirens were going off outside :-)

Props on your instructions!
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Old Aug 6, 2013 | 03:15 PM
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Saying thanks for the write up. I got mine out in around 20 minutes as well. I"m going to Plasti Dip em and see how they turn out.
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Old Aug 6, 2013 | 06:35 PM
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congrats on the change
it is hard to get the grill out.
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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk
congrats on the change
it is hard to get the grill out.
Nah not at all. Tricky not hard
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