how do you remove the dash speaker grills

[big ben 10]

as above, got a vr6 with nasty speaker grills i want to remove, do i just lever them out??

[davidwort 0]

yep, but do it gently from different angles with something fairly broad (i.e. not a screwdriver)

there are barbed plastic lugs at each corner that need to be popped free of the dash

[big ben 10]

ok thanks!! always like to double check and there wasnt anything in the search...

[davidwort 0]

you might even just pop them out with your fingers, just push from the outside to the inside from one corner to the next, mine tend to pop out if I squeeze my fingers in the gap between the dash and the grille edge

[AlexDG 0]

I got myself a couple of sets of these for this sort of job, far less likely to mark adjacent surfaces than a screwdriver or metal rule:

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-INTERIOR-DASH-DOOR-TRIM-PANEL-REMOVAL-PRY-TOOL-KIT_W0QQitemZ230340547999QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Hand_Tools_Equipment?hash=item35a15dd59f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

Also good for 'exploratory' work as well because they normally bend before the panel snaps.

 

I don't recall which seller on eBay I actually used.

[Danny B 0]

I got myself a couple of sets of these for this sort of job, far less likely to mark adjacent surfaces than a screwdriver or metal rule:

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-INTERIOR-DASH-DOOR-TRIM-PANEL-REMOVAL-PRY-TOOL-KIT_W0QQitemZ230340547999QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Hand_Tools_Equipment?hash=item35a15dd59f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

Also good for 'exploratory' work as well because they normally bend before the panel snaps.

 

I don't recall which seller on eBay I actually used.

 

....good tip, I'm constantly cursing when I scrape interior parts trying to remove them !!