Removing Front Grille Without Damaging Front Bumper...

[skifux21]

So the other day i was trying to take the bumper off to get my new set of foglights installed. I got the corner lights off, tried to get the headlights off but i couldnt due to the front grille being the way so i went to look through my FSM to see how it was to remove this. And i found out there was 3 clip points under the grille and 2 screw thingys on top. I got the screw things off and the left and right clip popped off but the middle felt like it was super glued onto the front bumper... but being persistant i kept pulling and pulling but to no luck that i could get it removed... and go figure my luck the part of the bumper that the front grill middle clip is clipped on started to crack ... so thats when i had to stop what i was doing and just ask ya'll. So what is the correct way to remove this? You guys helped me so much before and i wanna thank ya'll!

My model is 96 240sx.

[dct223]

wow......


here ill save you from all the flamers....


remove the two skrew things on top.. and pull the grill UP... its not glued on

done

[Nismo240SX]

its amazing what i good 5 minutes of looking and reasoning with something will do. i overlooked the plug i needed to jumper for my clutch interlock so many times, and when i took 5 minutes out of my time to look and reason... bingo.

[redsuns3838]

yeah, just pry them out with a flathead screw driver. u wont break anything, theres a spot that is meant to fit a flathead in actually, its asmall gap between the anchor type thing and the *screw*
check closely and ull see it.

[skifux21]

Thanks ya'll! But yea dct223 i have removed the 2 above screw and also got the left and right clip uncliped... i was just worried something wrong with the middle clip because i was pulling on it like i wrote in my 1st post and my bumper cracked...

But yea Redsun3838 is this spot behind the grill or in front... i tried to stick a flathead udner the clip and try to push it up as i hold the bumper down... but the grille continued to pull up with the bumper..

Thanks to all responder so far!

[0nfir3]

get a flathead screwdriver and prop out the clip, look at the one u got out for reference.