Davyo

I thought I had seen a thread or some postings with "how to directions" to remove an upper grill and relace it with a new grill,,,, I did a bunch of searchs and cant seem to find that info,,,,, could someone smarter than me please post a link that has that info.

Thanks much in advance

Cheers
Davyo

diskullman

Pretty simple, remove 5 nuts, pull grill off

If you need to re-use the studs, you'll want to find an E5 external torx socket.

Davyo

Thanks,,,, I figured it was pretty easy but just wanted to make sure.

Besides the nuts I thought there was also clips holding the grill on ?

Cheers
Davyo

Sidecardog1

There's only 5 fasteners (nuts) to remove. Pay attention to the various brackets & fastener positions before you pull it off. Sometimes taking a digital photo BEFORE you start disassembly will help you get it all back together correctly. Go for it!

Davyo

Well, got the grill swaped out for the new chrome mesh grill,,,, but what a pain in the ass finding the E5 external torx socket (I needed to re-use the factory grill studs)

It took me two days to find the only place in Las Vegas that had the E5 socket,, and then I had to buy a whole set/package of sockets the get the E5 size socket needed,,, that was 25 bucks for a socket set I will probaly never use again for the rest of my life.

Anyhow, the new mesh grill is on and looks great,,,, thanks all for the input and help.

Cheers
Davyo

diskullman

Fortunately for me, I already had the socket set because my old Saab had E16 cylinder head bolts. I Thought I'd never use the set on anything else.

Davyo

Well if you ever need to use any sockets let me know,, I have a whole set of them now,, all different sizes

Any by the way,,,, thanks much for the heads up on the E5 socket,,, I would not even known about getting that socket or what it even was had you not mentioned that in your other posting,,,,, that was very helpful information for me to know,,,, many thanks to you.

Cheers
Davyo

speedwagen

You could also "double nut" the stud for removal, if you can't find the external torx