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Just got my MMD V Series Grilles (upper & lower) from American Muscle and had a chance to install it today. I think it looks great, pretty happy I waited for it to come out!
Some notes on the install:
The install is NOT that bad, nothing is particularly hard, just burdensome. There is what seems like a million clips and screws to undo, but again none of this is in any way hard or challenging work. Make sure you have a decent plastic tool for popping off the clips, it will also help when removing the grilles from the front fascia. I use a $10 set of plastic trim tools from Amazon called "AFA [4 Pcs] Auto Trim Removal Tool".
1. If you use jack stands or a lift you don't really have to take the wheels off as long as you let the suspension fully drop. Another member suggested wheels off is the easiest way to reach the hidden bolt holding the front fascia in place, but you don't have to. What you have to do is remove two additional clips towards the middle of the wheel well, basically go two more past what the instructions show. That will get the wheel liner cover way out of the way without removing your wheels. At least this was the case on my factory PP 19s.
2. The hidden bolt behind the wheel liner can actually be reached from the top where you'd stick your hand in to access the headlight bulb as well as the bottom where the wheel liner cover comes off. I wouldn't try doing it without moving the wheel liner out of the way because you really do need two hands or you will drop tools and then have to remove the wheel liner any way. If you have a small ratchet and some swivel extensions you can get that bolt from the top or bottom and use your spare hand from opposite side to guide it. I also tried using a small wrench and it was easy to do it that way too if the wrench is small enough. Took me maybe 15 minutes to remove on both sides, because I was playing with different swivel extensions. Putting it back in place took less than a few minutes for both sides.
3. The white foam sleeves the MMD grilles ship in make for a great surface to put the front fascia on. Just tear or cut them at the seams to make them into big foam rectangles and drape them over a table/bench.
4. Take your time on the clips holding the factory grilles into place. This is actually the most tricky, but by no means difficult, part of the install. I was really paranoid about doing this part as I was worried I'd break a clip and mess up my front fascia. I found it best to start at one side and work your way around in a circle as each tab pops out. I used the slimmest plastic trim tool between the black plastic tabs of the factory grilles and the fascia tabs in front of them (they're sandwiched together). This allowed me to bend back the black grille tabs first giving the fascia tabs more room to bend back and pop out. It's more difficult to push both tabs back at the same time. If you take your time and just go in a circle until the grill pops out you'll be fine.
Some notes on the install:
The install is NOT that bad, nothing is particularly hard, just burdensome. There is what seems like a million clips and screws to undo, but again none of this is in any way hard or challenging work. Make sure you have a decent plastic tool for popping off the clips, it will also help when removing the grilles from the front fascia. I use a $10 set of plastic trim tools from Amazon called "AFA [4 Pcs] Auto Trim Removal Tool".
1. If you use jack stands or a lift you don't really have to take the wheels off as long as you let the suspension fully drop. Another member suggested wheels off is the easiest way to reach the hidden bolt holding the front fascia in place, but you don't have to. What you have to do is remove two additional clips towards the middle of the wheel well, basically go two more past what the instructions show. That will get the wheel liner cover way out of the way without removing your wheels. At least this was the case on my factory PP 19s.
2. The hidden bolt behind the wheel liner can actually be reached from the top where you'd stick your hand in to access the headlight bulb as well as the bottom where the wheel liner cover comes off. I wouldn't try doing it without moving the wheel liner out of the way because you really do need two hands or you will drop tools and then have to remove the wheel liner any way. If you have a small ratchet and some swivel extensions you can get that bolt from the top or bottom and use your spare hand from opposite side to guide it. I also tried using a small wrench and it was easy to do it that way too if the wrench is small enough. Took me maybe 15 minutes to remove on both sides, because I was playing with different swivel extensions. Putting it back in place took less than a few minutes for both sides.
3. The white foam sleeves the MMD grilles ship in make for a great surface to put the front fascia on. Just tear or cut them at the seams to make them into big foam rectangles and drape them over a table/bench.
4. Take your time on the clips holding the factory grilles into place. This is actually the most tricky, but by no means difficult, part of the install. I was really paranoid about doing this part as I was worried I'd break a clip and mess up my front fascia. I found it best to start at one side and work your way around in a circle as each tab pops out. I used the slimmest plastic trim tool between the black plastic tabs of the factory grilles and the fascia tabs in front of them (they're sandwiched together). This allowed me to bend back the black grille tabs first giving the fascia tabs more room to bend back and pop out. It's more difficult to push both tabs back at the same time. If you take your time and just go in a circle until the grill pops out you'll be fine.
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