im switching a few things, and need to just take the nose panel off. Ive gotten all the clips on the top, and one for the bottom outside corner of the headlight housing on the inside. What else is there, or is it supposed to just pop off?

I have the headlights still in, but they feel completely loose. The sidemarker lights are out. The nose panel clips on the very end are popped, and I can see two screws I need to find a way at getting at where the nose panel connects to the fender. The headlight surround grills feel like they are stuck on something just below and in between the headlights but cant tell what. I dont know if I need to find a way to get those side screws out first, Since it looks like ill bend something doing it, or if the nose panel should pop seperate from the headlight surround grills.

Ive never done this but ive seen how on afew threads....

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Bentley manual tells you how to do it. I assume you're trying to remove the headlights?

Are you asking about the middle grill?

There are I think two clips on the top and two on the bottom, basically one each on the top and bottom of the kidneys, accessable from the inside. There is one screw coming in from the top on the radiator crossmember area.

The trickiest part is to figure out how to release the side clips. These are located very near the edge. I used a foot-long piece of 1/8th inch wire to release these clips, bentley says to use a looong screwdriver... There are access holes that should be fairly obvious, on the far sides of the crossmember near the edge of the quarterpanel. Once these clips are pressed down, you can simply pry gently with a tape-wrapped screwdriver on the very narrow edge portion, and it will pop right out.

There are I think 5 screws holding the outer grilles.

And I think 6 screws each holding the light clusters in. 3 outside, 3 inside. The inside ones are all approximately on a vertical line, on the outer portion of the light clusters. One should be 'easy' to see, the other two might need an inspection mirror so you can tell what the heck you're doing. A magnetic grabber might be nice too.

So, if you were indeed wanting to remove your headlight clusters, the steps are: Remove center grille. Remove outer grilles. Remove light clusters. There is never any need to remove the turn signal lights.

Good luck. Umm, search around for the Bentley manual. It makes life a little easier, though it's not always correct.i

My bentley that I downloaded is gone, or no offense to anyone here I would have gone their first. I was trying to get the whole thing off to replace the lights, (im replacing the turn signals also) and add a cover to the kidney grills, (I got a good deal on one already painted to match). Well after everything I got, I said screw it, and just pulled to see how far I could pull on the outside grills. Well it was enough to slide the old lights out and get the new ones. Ill just add the grills to it while its on. Ill post pics soon, but

brilliantrot
front plate strip delete,
smoked headlights
smoked turn signals
5k hid low and high, soon to also be fogs
and euro trim

:buttrock Ill post pics soon