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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 10:42 AM
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I think the last time put back the grille surround i slid the clips into the wrong slot. I tried for hours yesterday and i was only successful in taking two of the outer clips out. The middle two clips are stuck like a ***** and wont come out. You guys got any suggestions??? As u can see from the pic i used a flat headt to help wedge it out but no luck



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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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anyone got any suggestion to this??
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 07:55 AM
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i told you what to do man, use WD/40 and work it nice and easy, It will come apart.

If that doesnt work, try a hair dryer
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 09:39 AM
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ok, i will do that today and then report back
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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You try pushing down on the grill surround while you're pulling? You might be able to push it down far enough to clear the tabs
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 01:26 PM
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On the thing was I had plasti dip on the clips so it was having hard time coming off. I used some wd-40 on it BAM!!!! Came right off.

Be cautioned any amount of wd-40 will ruin ur plasti dip. I had some drip out to on to my grill surround and it made it real soft and while whipping it off with a cloth it came right off
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigrahizzl
On the thing was I had plasti dip on the clips so it was having hard time coming off. I used some wd-40 on it BAM!!!! Came right off.

Be cautioned any amount of wd-40 will ruin ur plasti dip. I had some drip out to on to my grill surround and it made it real soft and while whipping it off with a cloth it came right off
damn... noted.
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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^^^^ yea i had to redo my grill surround
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ScKcBc
i told you what to do man, use WD/40 and work it nice and easy, It will come apart.

If that doesnt work, try a hair dryer
lol, see, you should have listen to him... lol
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigrahizzl
On the thing was I had plasti dip on the clips so it was having hard time coming off. I used some wd-40 on it BAM!!!! Came right off.

Be cautioned any amount of wd-40 will ruin ur plasti dip. I had some drip out to on to my grill surround and it made it real soft and while whipping it off with a cloth it came right off
Damn i had the hardest time removing the plastidip when i screwed up. I wish i thought of that.
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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^^^ yea but the thing is if u spray tooo much it becomes all slimy and then it becomes even harder then just peeling it off lol
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WD-40, has like 40,000 uses. Good to see you got it of though
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 09:44 PM
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thanks bro, if it wasnt for you then i wouldnt have finished this project today
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