2016 Silverado grille removal

mafd2 · January 23, 2016

Anyone removed a 2016 Silverado grille yet? Haven't studied it that good yet.

tbarn · January 23, 2016

Way easier than 2015. Remove the large panel under the hood ( same as before ). Remove 4 screws and pull it out.

mafd2 · January 24, 2016

Oh cool tnx! I know the '14 Sierra was a pain. How about the headlights? Not sure on the painted trim filler under the headlights if it's attached to the lights or not.

Aldila · March 29, 2016

Way easier than 2015. Remove the large panel under the hood ( same as before ). Remove 4 screws and pull it out.

I have the 4 10mm bolts removed, but it's not budging. I'm afraid it's going to break. Any other bolts to undo?

mafd2 · March 29, 2016

Just the 4. Pull hard straight out. It won't break.

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Aldila · March 29, 2016

Ok. Thanks.

Bigfoot16 · March 29, 2016

Oh cool tnx! I know the '14 Sierra was a pain. How about the headlights? Not sure on the painted trim filler under the headlights if it's attached to the lights or not.

I'm curious to know the answer about the headlights too.

mafd2 · March 30, 2016

The chrome trim piece that the painted piece sits in is next to impossible to get out. You have to practically remove the chrome bezel around the headlights which is a total pain. The key is removing it without damaging it. The painted strip is attached to the chrome piece with double stick though and with a little heat and fishing line it's not bad.

The Clevite Kid · March 30, 2016

Thanx tbarn and mafd2. Is there a set of shop manuals available for the 2016 Silverado? Helm does not even have the 2015 Silverado manuals available yet.

tbarn · March 30, 2016

Helm would be the only place I know of to get factory manuals.

Linecapt · April 4, 2016

Does anyone know if this applies to the 2016 Sierra too?

mafd2 · April 4, 2016

The '16 Sierra is more like the '15 (PITA) Pain In The A~~. The upper bumper trim will have to come off.

lduk2003 · June 13, 2016

Has anyone removed the grill from a 2016 Midnight Edition? Is the same as a regular Silverado?

MOhunter92 · June 30, 2016

Does anyone know if this applies to the 2016 Sierra too?

The '16 Sierra is more like the '15 (PITA) Pain In The A~~. The upper bumper trim will have to come off.

Can you guys confirm this? I can't imagine it would be that different when they both are the same grill basically. I have a rock chip on my 16 all terrain and I just wanted to replace the inner black chrome part of the grille but GM parts said you have to buy the whole grille and paint the outside. Which I really do not want to do because the color matched area is perfect and is covered in xpel ultimate.

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