MK7.5 How to remove front grill and bumper???

[jonnysundell]

There are 8 tabs along the back side of the grille. the mk7.5 grille now clips into the bumper from the front, not straight in from the top like the mk7.

The easiest way to remove the grille is to remove the bumper and then pry the tabs open from behind the grille and push the grille forward out of it's track. It took me about 20minutes to remove the bumper and pop the grille out when I first tried it.

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[notaGolfR]

There are 8 tabs along the back side of the grille. the mk7.5 grille now clips into the bumper from the front, not straight in from the top like the mk7.

The easiest way to remove the grille is to remove the bumper and then pry the tabs open from behind the grille and push the grille forward out of it's track. It took me about 20minutes to remove the bumper and pop the grille out when I first tried it.

Photo Jul 09, 5 46 03 PM by jonnysundell, on Flickr

Photo Jul 09, 5 46 16 PM by jonnysundell, on Flickr

Photo Jul 09, 5 48 31 PM by jonnysundell, on Flickr

Thanks for this. After googling everywhere trying to make sense of what I was seeing behind the top grille in our Aug 2018 built Golf R and wondering why I couldn't just pull it up to remove I came across your post.
WHY OH WHY did VW make it so you have to remove the bumper first?

[notaGolfR]

CORRECTION

In order to remove the top grille, you do NOT have to remove the bumper in the Golf R 7.5 (built around August 201.

Undo two "torx" screws (one at each end)
Put one hand under uppermost shiny grille space and while pressing in the holes, pull towards you to release catches under the holes.


There are 8 tabs along the back side of the grille. the mk7.5 grille now slip horizontally under a molded strip that is part of the bumper . Cutouts in the tabs are located by bumps in the bumper which release easily if clean of grit.

Apologies to VW for my evil thought.