Removing Grille shell from 2007 Sentra

[nok610]

Anybody have pictures on how to remove the front grille from an 07 Sentra. I'm getting contradicting instructions from Street Scene and the Nissan FSM. One states remove 4 fasteners and the other says remove 2 screws, WTF?

[djtorello]

Nissan FSM is the only one should should follow. Street scene is a generalization of multible car grills.

I have pics for the SE-R, but that grill and bumper is different then those with the 2.0L So it may not apply.

[nok610]

I was thinking the same thing, but I might have been a little dense yesterday since I was in a really bad mood when I attempted to remove the grille .

There are 6 fasteners holding the grille to the bumper. I trilled pulling them upwards and pushing them downwards, and they wouldn't budge at all. I didn't want to use to much force since I wasn't sure which way was the right way.

[nissantech06]

I was thinking the same thing, but I might have been a little dense yesterday since I was in a really bad mood when I attempted to remove the grille .

There are 6 fasteners holding the grille to the bumper. I trilled pulling them upwards and pushing them downwards, and they wouldn't budge at all. I didn't want to use to much force since I wasn't sure which way was the right way.

The two 10mm plastic heads come off, pull the grill forward, and use your fingers to release the clips.

[nok610]

That's it?! I felt like an idiot trying to get it off the other day and couldn't. I'll try again sometime this week.

Thanks!

[sentrastace]

I had to force the clips out pretty hard, so dont worry too much about breaking them. I took my grill out a while ago to paint it black on my 07. don't use your bare fingers though, i recommend putting a t shirt in front of the clips then pushing with your fingers so that it wont hurt you. snappping back in is easy as well.

[nok610]

Good idea about the t-shirt since my grip has been crimpled by my cat, little jerk bit my finger to bone! If it cools off later tonight, I might give it a shot.

[graphicdude]

Use a flat head screw driver to pry the grill out of it's tabs, it's alot easier, just be patient and don't force it too hard, they will give way . A flashlight is handy as well.

[nok610]

I wish I had taken pictures when I did this but the reason why I couldn't pry the grilled out was because there are two tabs at each end of the grille that is attached to the bumper. Without releasing these two tabs, I couldn't move the grille. These tabs aren't mention at all on the FSM.