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Old 06-24-2012, 11:41 PM
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Default Removing front grills.

Does anyone know how to remove the front grills that are in front of the two inter coolers on a B5 S4. I know how to get the whole thing off of the bumper, but im trying to figure out how to remove the actual black plastic grill off of the frame its attached to. You would think it would be easy but its not! (at least I cant figure out how to do it)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 

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Old 06-25-2012, 10:00 PM
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i'm not sure they can be removed from the frame. thought yo had to cut them out to remove them. i was gonna do this when i put my car back together to get more flow to the intercoolers.
 
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Old 06-25-2012, 10:04 PM
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wait, wait, wait!!! i'm dead wrong.

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/ext39.shtml

Look at the back side of the grille and see where the black grille insert is held on by melted tabs. Remove these tabs by cutting or grinding them off. Remove insert from grille.
 
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Old 07-18-2012, 03:27 PM
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^I followed that guide when I installed RS4 mesh on my lower openings. Pretty detailed.
 
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