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How do I remove my kidney grills?
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
Good evening, as per title please. You tube doesn't show anything so wondering if there is an easy way?
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
pull up. pull out.*AL* wrote:Good evening, as per title please. You tube doesn't show anything so wondering if there is an easy way?
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
The e89 ones don't pull out I posted a link a while back on how to remove them.
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
tried pulling and they don't come out, do you need to get behind them?
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
They're held in by plastic tabs around the outer edges at the back. I'd remove the air intake to get my hands between the radiator and grilles. Pop each tab one by one. Fiddly but straight forward.
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
They have 8 clips 3 at the top 3 at the bottom 1 at each side. You need to remove the plastic cover that's connected to the air filter couple of screws if I remember you need to be in between the radiator and front grills. Use a stubby screwdriver to unclip the grills . Hope this helps.
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
Beat me to it ManicManiac wrote:They're held in by plastic tabs around the outer edges at the back. I'd remove the air intake to get my hands between the radiator and grilles. Pop each tab one by one. Fiddly but straight forward.
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
Cheers guys, I guess with one out it'll be simple. If not i'll cut the feckers apart.
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
Did mine 2 weeks ago, tried tugging and pulling from front but no good. Took air intake thing out from under bonnet and got access to back of grills. Still fiddley but got out with short screwdriver pressing clips down and out one at a time. When out I separated the fins from the surround and re painted in silver. Look fantastic now with no stone chips at all
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
Oops my bad. Apologies. Didnt see this was for e89.
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How do I remove my kidney grills?
Uh oh! I didn't know you couldn't pull'em out. I pulled mine out several times with no ill effects.Marky Mark wrote:The e89 ones don't pull out I posted a link a while back on how to remove them.
I grabbed and yanked like hell, they came out, no damage.
I tried to get my hands behind to get to the tabs, couldn't get to them so I pulled them and they came out. I figured I was willing to replace them anyway and had read where people do indeed pull e89 grills to remove. Not for the faint of heart maybe, but mine do pull out.
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Ask Bing to do it. In a pub carpark.
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Cheers guys grills are out and new ones are in! Didn't take long either I bought a new set of matt black grills and split them and painted the 'fins' silver, loving the shark nose menacing look.
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Can you see the resemblance?
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