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07-24-2020, 09:54 PM
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'72 Chevy grill insert help
I just got my insert today to replace the one broke during engine install.
How the heck do you install these damn clips? I cannot get them to snap in. I've read some guys have filled either the clip or the outer grill. Anyone have any tricks? I have seven left with all on the bottom. I even tried a little wd40 and a little grease. Posted via Mobile Device |
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07-24-2020, 10:00 PM
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Re: '72 Chevy grill insert help
I filed my grill shell slots and then slid right in. It doesn’t take much at all. A lot easier than attending to push them in.
Ray
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07-24-2020, 10:05 PM
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Re: '72 Chevy grill insert help
Now I have the headache of two upper ones already in.. Have to figure out how to file with the grill hanging. Or try and pull those out without wrecking the grill. ��
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07-25-2020, 06:22 AM
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Re: '72 Chevy grill insert help
The clips are nylon, run them over a sanding block. 320 grit Just the tip/s.
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07-25-2020, 12:56 PM
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Re: '72 Chevy grill insert help
Holy hell what a pain.. I ended shaving a little off the side of the clips... But it is done.. On to the body mounts.
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07-26-2020, 09:03 AM
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Re: '72 Chevy grill insert help
I use channel locks, paint sticks and rubber coated tension clamps like these. Go slow and protect the soft aluminum. You’ll get it.
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07-26-2020, 05:24 PM
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Re: '72 Chevy grill insert help
Okay. Dumb question, but I keep looking at Bowie emblem. On the inside of it it had "top" on the fat side of the emblem..
So that is how I installed it. Is that correct? Or should I switch it around so the thinner side is up?
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07-26-2020, 05:30 PM
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Re: '72 Chevy grill insert help
Yes the top side is thicker on the grill emblem
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07-26-2020, 06:10 PM
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Re: '72 Chevy grill insert help
Awesome. Thank you. For some reason it didn't look right to me.
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