Removing Kidney Grills

[ATF]

Just curious how you guys remove them.

A couple of DIY's I came across just says "pop them out" by pushing the clips away from the tabs on the nose panel...

Is it me or is this VERY wrong? I did that originally on my OEM's when I didn't know how the trim/grill went together and managed to break like, all of the clips... On my new shadows I separated the trim and the grill and sandwiched it into the nose grill. To uninstall reverse the process. (I still managed to break some clips though, goddamn eBay garbage).

Anyways, feel free to toss out your secret way. Also I'm probably going crazy thinking my grills are crooked, which they are, but because my nose panel is warping, ****ing previous owner...

[Bobbak]

flat headed screwdrive and credit card? thats what i used

[ATF]

Originally Posted by Bobbak

flat headed screwdrive and credit card? thats what i used

What steps do you take though, do you pop the grill and the trim seperate of each other while they're on the car, or do you just try to pop the grill and the trim out at the same time

[col.hapablap]

wedge the screw driver b/t one of the chrome inserts and the black plastic around it. gently lift the black plastic away from the chrome insert to release. DONT start prying yet after one - go through all the inserts (8?) and release the tabs so that you see a small gap all around. if it's tight somewhere go back and repeat. gently pry the kidney away from the vertical slat grille. these brittle tabs were designed to be snapped.

[Bobbak]

i put the credit card on the on the bottow and use the screwdriver to carefully pry off the sides dont pull just get all the sides loose and the wiggle it off it shouldnt be too hard just pop out the grill not the whole thing