7 replies to this topic

[robkindred]

My drivers side bonnet grill is dented so I want to replace it. Vauxhall do the grill for £40. Which is fair enough.... but how easy is it to change it? Is it a case of cutting it out with a knife... cleaning up all the left over mastic and then re-doing it with new mastic stuff which vauxhall can supply?

[danyeates]

Yeah, it's just glued in, shouldn't be that hard to do. The glue is flexible and can be cut off. The glue Vauxhall supply comes in big tubes and I think costs around £30-40. Comes with a primer too.

[Muncher]

The old glue, which is something like Tiger seal is a right pain in the backside to get off!

[jules_s]

Some chav decided to use mine as 'goal' practice a few years back.... I used two pieces of wood and gentle hammering to straighten it out. Hardly noticeable now

[robfenn]

Do you have a part number for the grills? One of mine is also dented, as if someone has sat on it!

[ianrm]

I would use jules's method and re shape them. Getting the old adhesive off can be done but is a PITA. Part nos are L/H 9197060 R/H 9197059

[robfenn]

Thanks Ian.

[oblomov]

The old glue, which is something like Tiger seal is a right pain in the backside to get off!

You're not wrong there mate. An absolute barsteward to get off, long drawn out job with a stanley knife. Also had to completely cut/destroy the old grill to get it off, and then use a pair of long nosed pliers to peel the remaining grill out of the adhesive by twisting rather like opening a tin of sardines with the key. Mind you that was a front grill not bonnet.

Edited by oblomov, 16 April 2007 - 07:36 PM.