SLP bowtie grille installation
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SLP bowtie grille installation I just received my SLP bowtie grille and noticed that the instructions ask for drilling into the facia of the vehicle. I had always thought this grille used 3M double sided tape to stay on. What is the deal? How much will it cost a body shop to do this?
Launching!
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From: Austin, TX
i went ahead and drilled the holes so if i ever wanted to remove it i could do it easily.
Just place the grille where you want it. Hold it in place and have someone mark the holes with a skinny pencil. Then just drill out the holes with the drill bit size that the instructions tell you to use. Pretty easy.
Just place the grille where you want it. Hold it in place and have someone mark the holes with a skinny pencil. Then just drill out the holes with the drill bit size that the instructions tell you to use. Pretty easy.
I was a little hesitant to drill into my front facia too - but decided to just go ahead and do it. Glad I did - the grille looks great. See pictures below on my SS:
I just held the grille up and marked the holes to be drilled with a small marker - drilled holes and then installed the grille with the fasteners. Pretty straight forward. From what I remember, I don't think the grille would be very secure if you used tape - because of the grille's shape, but I could be mistaken.
The biggest pain I remember was removing the stock grille - I believe I had to remove the whole front facia - there are nuts threaded into the stock grille from the back side and because of the shape of the bumper foam reinforcement - you can't just sneak up in there with a wrench - whole facia had to come out - that was a surprise to me.
Good luck.
Chris
I just held the grille up and marked the holes to be drilled with a small marker - drilled holes and then installed the grille with the fasteners. Pretty straight forward. From what I remember, I don't think the grille would be very secure if you used tape - because of the grille's shape, but I could be mistaken.
The biggest pain I remember was removing the stock grille - I believe I had to remove the whole front facia - there are nuts threaded into the stock grille from the back side and because of the shape of the bumper foam reinforcement - you can't just sneak up in there with a wrench - whole facia had to come out - that was a surprise to me.
Good luck.
Chris
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