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Old 20-12-2006, 11:20 PM   #2
chicaboo
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Hi Jon, and welcome to AGT,

- You unscrew the 2 screws holding the grill into the front bumper.
- Pull out the 4 plastic press-clips on the vertical/back edge of the grill to the chassis rail.
- Gently and slowly lift the front of the grill to unpop it off the 3 prongs that hold it down.
- Now sort of pull it out tilted up and away from the car towards you (be carefull of the 2 prongs on the back/vertical edge of the grill that project into the chassis rail).
- Now you get the largest drill bit you can find that will fit between the honeycomb shapes, and drill into and above the tray part of the r/h side of the grill.
You can additionally or optionally dremel out the bottom portion as you see fit aswell. However you will then be allowing hot air to come up from the radiator if you do this without making a duct of sorts to guide the air in better.

If you want to see if this is a worthwhile mod or not. Take the grill out and drive around for a week or so with it out of the car. It will look like poop as you can see the horn and radiator, but you will get good ram air and much better fuel economy. So try it out for a couple of tanks and see how you go before commiting a drill or blade to your precious grill.

Enjoy,
Gav.
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