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Josh_6n2_Polo
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taking bumper off

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i need to fit my lower honeycomb grill. And im cluless how do you take the front bumper off????
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i dont think you have to take the bumper off :)

On mine, bro managed to get it the original one out, but broke some of the clips.

New one went in easy :)
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Ohh fair enough, what did he do like bash it out with a tool? But if you were to break clips wouldnt that effect the new grill fitting on?
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Urmm you'll have to ask him, i'll get him to speak to you on here mate :) i think he broke a couple of clips on the old grille, not the bumper itself
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Post by alexperkins »

Just lever it out with a nice big screwdriver on one end, and pull :) worked last time i did it! Just mind the paintwork on the bumper
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so push a screwdriver in to one end then rip the other side off?
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Post by Josh_6n2_Polo »

Heyy! thanks mate the screwdriver "trick" worked a treat! Did it in like two minutes! Thanks again!
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