Front Grills

[Woo]

Good Afternoon All, I am New so be gentle

i am after some advice on changing the three front grills on my '03 Ibiza, she is a 130 TDi Sport.

A nice step by step guide to removing them would be fantastic

also i am going to fit some Polished Aluminium surrounds to the Centre heater vents and have hurd it is a pig of a job so any advice on that would be greatly appriciated

Thanks in advance

Charlie

 

[davels]

When you buy the heater vent kit you you get covers for the outer two also,
this mod has been covered before so doin a search should help you just take your time. if your doin that you might as well do the gear lever surround as well cos
A. the kit dosen't cost much
B. it's easy to do
C. it looks pretty dambed good IMO
from wot i heard there is only one person on hear hooo changed the front grills without taking the whole front bumper off, again it's be covered a couple of times before so searchy searchy...
also if you want to inprove the handling of the car for £50 you can but a SEAT sport strut brace for the front suspention (if you haven't already), i found it really easy to fit with the limited knowledge i had at the time. you get good instructions with it in the box. the only slightly awkward thing is moving the solonoid box thats sits on the left hand side mount on the TDi's but three bolts and you can move it without dissconecting anything. it tighens up the front end and reduces a lot of understeer (well it did on mine ). Anyway, welcome enjoy the forum and if you have anymore questions you'll soon find as i did that there isn't a lot these guy don't know about SEAT

 

[gazjones]

is it the bottom grills your changing or the top two beside the s grill, the bottom can be done without removing the bumper but for the top ones its best to remove the bumper as they are clipped in place pretty well!

 

[FR*Man1984]

I ordered the chrome vent/gear level surrounds from the dealer before i collected my car, and they did a pretty neat job for me by fitting them! (never charged me for it either)

i want a strut brace for my car as i'm getting my car revo'd!

I also found on eBay the front top (middle) unbadged grille direct from Germany, which I know a few guys on here have been after for a while! This looks smart and I think if you're changing the bottoms, then change the lot and get the unbadged one too!

Enjoy the forum, these guys are ace! They've helped me so much with all my questions, funny they don't tell me to shut up! lol

 

[Woo]

I am picking up the parts today, I think and hope it is the two side ones and the centre S grill. for now i might just fit the S grill, any ideas on where the clips are located that secure it?

 

[gazjones]

at the back i would do them all at once mate as you dont want to have to take everything of twice when it can be done in one go!