Angarak
11-01-06, 15:21
Anyone here fitted a Grille-Tech Grill to their stock front bumper?....if so what did you have to do in order to fit it?
I've recently purchased one and attempted to fit it today. However, there is no means of getting access to the back of the front bumper once the grill is in place, so I cannot fix the grill in place using the metal clips & tie clips that come with it.
Excuse my lack of technical knowledge, but here goes...
At the bottom of my front bumper I have an active spoiler, above that sits a plastic undertray which prevents access from the bottom of the bumper.
I was thinking that I could remove the active spoiler and undertray to gain access to the back of the bumper from underneath the car. However the undertray appears to be 'locked' into position with several "starred pressure washers" from the top of the bumpers air scoop (see pic).
If I removed these washers so I could remove the undertray I wouldnt be able to get them back on when I come to re-fit the undertray as the grill would be blocking my access to the top of the air scoop in the bumper.
I therefore thought of removing the front bumper, fitting the grill and re-fitting the bumper...BUT...there is another problem. On the edge of the bumpers air scoop is a piece of black plastic trim that is fixed in place with plastic screws. These screws go though the trim and into the bumper...and I think into something else below the bumper (I cant see due to lack of access). So again if I removed this black plastic trim before removing the bumper, I would not be able to re-fit it as I wouldnt have access to it to fit the plastic screws back in.
Another option came to mind...remove the radiator...at which point common sense kicked in and told me to post on here to save a lot of ball-ache...so hopefully one of you can help.
It should look something like this when fitted:
http://images.grille-tech.com/200409030251393.jpg
Cheers
Simon
I've recently purchased one and attempted to fit it today. However, there is no means of getting access to the back of the front bumper once the grill is in place, so I cannot fix the grill in place using the metal clips & tie clips that come with it.
Excuse my lack of technical knowledge, but here goes...
At the bottom of my front bumper I have an active spoiler, above that sits a plastic undertray which prevents access from the bottom of the bumper.
I was thinking that I could remove the active spoiler and undertray to gain access to the back of the bumper from underneath the car. However the undertray appears to be 'locked' into position with several "starred pressure washers" from the top of the bumpers air scoop (see pic).
If I removed these washers so I could remove the undertray I wouldnt be able to get them back on when I come to re-fit the undertray as the grill would be blocking my access to the top of the air scoop in the bumper.
I therefore thought of removing the front bumper, fitting the grill and re-fitting the bumper...BUT...there is another problem. On the edge of the bumpers air scoop is a piece of black plastic trim that is fixed in place with plastic screws. These screws go though the trim and into the bumper...and I think into something else below the bumper (I cant see due to lack of access). So again if I removed this black plastic trim before removing the bumper, I would not be able to re-fit it as I wouldnt have access to it to fit the plastic screws back in.
Another option came to mind...remove the radiator...at which point common sense kicked in and told me to post on here to save a lot of ball-ache...so hopefully one of you can help.
It should look something like this when fitted:
http://images.grille-tech.com/200409030251393.jpg
Cheers
Simon