BlackHHR

I know that the search eng. is your friend, but I remember seeing a black HHR with the grill and the rear trim peice painted black. Just woundering how the rear trim comes off?
I could not find any threads about this.

captain howdy

It was a ride that crowbar found on CarDomain not a members ride.
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/picture-media-11/badd-black-hhr-cardomain-1567/

BlackHHR

Thats the one. Thanks CH.
I want to paint the grill and the rear trim black and have the bowtie's crome.
Do you know how to get the rear trim off?

captain howdy

Nope, I haven't tried yet. Getting the grille off is easy enough. If I remember correctly it was held on by by five 10MM bolts. The rear bar is probably held on by a couple of bolts accessible from the inside of the hatch I would assume. CJ Krause might know because his is painted blue.

SoCalHHR

The beauty bar comes off from the inside. You will need to remove the interior hatch trim panel (fasteners on bottom.), along with the Torx bolts found near the actuator handle on the outside. It's a bit of work.

Hope it helps,

BlackHHR

Thank Mike!
It shouldn't take to long to get it off and down to the paint shop.

crowbar

did you ever do this?

EZ4U2CHere

That looks awesome!!!

I wonder would it would look like if I painted mine red???

crowbar

BlackHHR

No I was going to take the grill and the rear trim to the paint shop to get it black, but I painted the bowties black insted. I like how the door handles match the grill and trim.