shivi1345

Hey Guys,

So yesterday I took off my grill and then took the chrome piece off the black piece. I painted the chrome black and it looks amazing

Now I want to paint the vents on my hood in front of the windshield the same black. The only problem is I cant seem to find a way to take the vents off the hood. On the inside of the hood I can see 2 screws, but they are neither a Phillips nor flathead, so I dont know how to take them out.

has anyone else done this??

any advice?????

thanks

bumpnzx3

by looking at EPCnet- it seems as though there are a couple screws on the underside of the hood as well as a couple spring loaded clips of some sort.

i am trying to find a way to save a picture of the parts diagram to post so you can see what i am talking about. hope that helps a little.

shivi1345

ya thats what I saw/thought/expected


that would seriously be the best thing

IF ANYONE HAS A PIC/DIAGRAM PLEASE POST IT AND HELP ME OUT!!!

bcss

isnt it T-25???

i did not look at it but.

i think it has 6 points screws..

shivi1345

haha sry but......whats that?

Glyn M Ruck

Search the forum - There is a full proceedure with pics - good luck

bumpnzx3

that's a torx bit (somewhat like a star)

i can't figure out how to save a picture from EPCnet, maybe someone else has one that will post, or like Glyn said- look for the "how-to" someone posted on here.

Cintoman

Hold the CTRL + PrintScreen/SysRq button at the same time with the EPCnet screen image on your screen. This will do a print screen of whatever is on your screen and copy it to your clipboard.

Then open mspaint (Start --> Run, then type mspaint.exe). This will open up Windows Paintbrush.

Then hold CTRL + V (or go into Edit --> Paste), and this will paste your clipboard image into Paintbrush.

Save the file. Then post the pic for all of us to see

Cintoman

bumpnzx3

will do when i get home tonight. for some reason i can't get onto EPCnet when i'm at work. some sort of firewall i guess. wierd though- i can get to just about anything i want.

shivi1345

thanx for the help

I searched and found nothing.....maybe I'm blind like my mom tells me

I was able to remove the vents by un-screwing the 3 screws under the hood, but there are 2 thick wires conected to the vents (I assume they are for the indsheild wipers and stuff)

I now need to remove the wires OR find a way to separate the top part of the vents from the bottom (in a similar way that you can take apart the grill)

Any ideas?????

Saprissa

every single MB owner should have a good set of TORX screwdrivers.
That's a no-brainer !

shivi1345

it turns out i do have TORX.......i just didnt know thats what they were called

shivi1345

DUDE!!!!

need help.....I can remove the 3 screws that attach the vents to the hood but I cant fully remove them (they are attached by 2 thick wires)

if I can take them off and paint them it will look soooo sickk