z28man

does anyone have an idea on how to get the front factory grille off of a 2000 camaro z-28? any help would be great!

H8 B N SLO

When I replaced mine I took off the bolts under the car by the air dam, reached behind the grill and pushed the tabs out. You will still have 2 or 3 bolts holding the grille on. I had a friend pull the grille out far enough that I could get a pair of big scissors behind it and cut the plastic "screws" that are molded to the back of the grille. Once I got the grille off I just hit the fascia where the "bolts" were and they fell out through the bottom.
This wil obviously ruin the stock grille but I do not plan on ever putting it back on <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

karkrazie626

What I did was remove the whole front bumper <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> . I like takeing this apart. It was kinda hard geting to the bolts around the headlight area(3 or4 eachside), but i managed. I was first going to yank it off, but didnt want to go through the trouble of finding another. You know just in case.

Tapout

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it can be removed by just pulling with some force.
Thats how I did mine.

Jake

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Tapout:
<strong>it can be removed by just pulling with some force.
Thats how I did mine.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Same here

RTCamaroSS

I just yanked REALLY hard.. and it came out <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

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z28man

just by pulling it out with force, is there anything to break?

Xsta Z 28

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by z28man:
<strong>just by pulling it out with force, is there anything to break?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Some of the mounting stud to the old grill may break. Just make sure while removing it that you are appling pressure to the front end of the car, so that it doesn't move/stretch or crack.

z28man

it was not that bad to replace the factory grille! about 2 hrs i was done and had half a cold one down! thanks for the help people!!!

Z28Eiden

itsa not easy getting this thing off . my goal is to not break the plastic holders.

Ling_650vette

iTrader: (1)

Its easy as hell getting the black plastic one off. Yank the sides, then the bottom, then the top. Just work your way from outside to inside and you're set.

Z28Eiden

ok thanks

98a4z28-410rwhp

i wasnt sure how to do it but like 2 hours ago i ripped mine off and it worked. good thing i didnt take the bumper off but its not hard at all

Cop Car

iTrader: (14)

ok so we all know the yank method

how do you get it off if you want to use it again? only option to remove nose of the car?

Duffster

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I will vouch for the yank hard then harder method. . .BUT I ended up damaging the grill (which was removed anyway). Can't reuse the thing now though

BUT it does come off that way. . .
Yank carefully. . . .

SuperSport

SLP's instructions on how to remove the front fasica...

http://www.slponline.com/inst/10668R.pdf

AbsolutHank

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06-11-2002, 06:22 AM

Holy thread revival!

pjb

iTrader: (2)

you can pull out all the lower facsia pins and bolts then reach in behind and undo the nuts from the top of the grille. I think there are 3. The bottom ones are push on clips. You can flex the bottom of the fascia enough to get your hands in there if you remove all the attaching hardware at the bottom.

Cop Car

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thank you, exactly what i wanted to know

RedZoutlaw

Not to hijack this thread but how do you put it back on once its off? Just in case.