Hello all

Driving home last night a rabbit made the wrong decision and having ran across the road in front of me decided, at the last minute, to turn around and try his luck again. Unfortunately he hopped directly into my grill and subsequently bounced off it into the side of the road.

My grill now has a large rabbit sized hole in it but at least the radiator was saved so I guess it did its job.

Does anyone know if I could remove the broken grill out through the front of the car and then fit a new one by offering it in through the aperture and pulling it into position from the front. I'm guessing, like so many tasks, it's a 'bumper off' job.

Thanks

Chris

 

All grills are easy to replace without bumper removal.

 

The lower grilles simply pull out, although the right hand one has one small screw holding it in place too. 2 minute job at most.

Les.

 

Which grille is it? Ive done a few of these myself. the bumper grilles are easy. The grille on the hood howerver is a bit of a lengty job. BTW I have a 3pc set of bumper grilles if you need them. 05 oem black.

 

Thanks for your thoughts everyone.

It's the large bonnet grill (the rabbit must have jumped high) which needs replacing. Thanks for the offer of the grills Tjfls4 but my grill is chrome.

 

That's bad news Chris.

At least it's not a bumper off job.
You will probably find a replacement on Ebay. There are definitely some being broken for parts.

Good luck.

Les.

 

I'm going to claim on my insurance in the end. No surprise that a Bentley chromed plastic grille and surround is £1000! Incredible.