Plasma falls over at hurdle one

**plasma** · 6th April 2006, 21:23

Would you believe it, i get home early full of beans and energy and go to remove the black grille off the bottom of me SRi bumper. I figure out u poke up the pins and catch them. Did this and then thought oh, its ready to come off. Not..... Then i saw the tabs on the top lot but do you think i could get any of them to budge.. No...... I went indoors with the ump and came back out an hour later to try again... Still couldnt get over the hurdle.. Anyone seperated these two themselves????

**Duncan** · 6th April 2006, 21:44

It's definitely much easier to get the lower grille off if you take the bumper off. You could lie underneath and fiddle around, but I'd say the extra little hassle of taking the bumper off is worth it - well it was when I swapped my Signum lower grille for an SRi one, but mine is lowered 30mm so bu**er all chance of getting under the car! lol

What you taking the grille off for BTW?

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**plasma** · 6th April 2006, 21:56

Tomorrow is my exhaust fitting day. Farmer Giles is gonna do it and i wanted to remove it for him so he doesnt go at it with a pickaxe and fork. Result.. One mark on bottom corner of bumper

**david-bell** · 6th April 2006, 21:56

i done this the other night mate to see if my immey duel branch will fit ok before i orderd the y piece i got all the clips of would it move did it hell then i just used brute force and it came away at one side behind the rear wheel so just kept pulling untill it came away

**Duncan** · 6th April 2006, 22:24

Originally Posted by plasma533

Tomorrow is my exhaust fitting day. Farmer Giles is gonna do it and i wanted to remove it for him so he doesnt go at it with a pickaxe and fork. Result.. One mark on bottom corner of bumper

Hang on, when you said black grille earlier on you were meaning the black plastic cutout for the exhausts on the rear bumper?

I thought you were meaning the lower black grille on the front bumper!

**plasma** · 6th April 2006, 22:26

erm, lol, for an admin u sure do skip quickly through some posts

Yes its the lower black grill on the bottom of the SRi rear bumper where the exhausts come through.

**leroy** · 6th April 2006, 22:27

i thought he meant front as well ?

**cyb** · 7th April 2006, 07:34

got my rear bumper insert off in 5 mins with the aid of a wide flat head screw driver. Couldn't believe how easy it was

and that was done with me lying under the rear of the car

I just undid the plastic screws then just pulled from the rear of the car and it came off

**plasma** · 7th April 2006, 07:46

So you popped the studs from the left, then the right. Then unclipped the 2 hanger thingys that brace it then just pulled for your life? Or did u use the flat blade to unclip the clips on the top edge?