I'm sure this has been covered but I searched the forum and didn't find my answer.

The bottom two tabs in the middle of the grille are a pain in the *** and my hands are too big to fit between the foam piece and the tab. Does anyone have a solution to get these freakin tabs out?!

 

I enlisted the aid of a small screwdriver. It was still difficult.

You could pull the bumper facia down a bit.

http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...eadlights.html

 

I just removed the bumper.

 

Thanks guys, dropping the bumper it is. Wanted to try out some plastidip.

 

You actually don't have to take the bumper off at all to plastic dip. I did it without having to take the bumper off at all. Look it up on here, or YouTube.

 

I tried to spray some dip with the grille still on the car and putting cardboard in between and taping off the front and didn't get the results I wanted. I don't have a lot of space to work with in a garage so I had to spray it outside which I believe the wind caused it to have a bad result. I want to remove the grille and take it in the garage to get some good even coats.

 

I just plasti-dipped my grille this past weekend. Those 2 tabs you're talking about were indeed a pain in the a**. I tried using a flathead and a hook looking thing to get under the tab and pull up but neither worked. Eventually, I just kept yanking at it and I finally got frustrated to the point where I didn't care if the tabs broke. I don't know how the tabs came loose though but they did not break. Instead, I happened to break the top tab of the Nissan emblem while trying to pop that off.

 

Aww man same exact thing happened to me lol. At the end it was fairly easy though.

 

Lots of struggling and cussing and I was able to get mine out. Probably would be easier with the bumper pulled forward a bit.