C5 2003 Front bumper insert/trim removal (help)

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C5 2003 Front bumper insert/trim removal (help)

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Hello all.
I'm new to the forum.

I've arrived here as I cannot find a single thing on the web regarding the removal technique for these front bumper inserts on the Citroen C5.

they are the plastic painted inserts (rather than the black rubber type on earlier models) that wrap around the front corners of the bumper.

I have tried prizing the top and bottom out with a putty knife and the top will come away, but the bottom edges will not budge and I'm afraid to force it in case it breaks any tags.

Does anyone know the technique to removing these at all?

Thanks in advance

Dave
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Re: C5 2003 Front bumper insert/trim removal (help)

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:welc:

Welcome Wilded :)

I have had mine off some time ago and I am sure I just prized them off when I found I didn't need them off and bashed them back on again.
If you warm them up a bit it may help, they could be brittle in the current weather and snap the clips.

Sorry not to be more specific but it was quite a while ago (four years or more).
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Re: C5 2003 Front bumper insert/trim removal (help)

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Thanks myglaren.

I thought that would be the case but as the top clips came away with a good pressure and the bottom didn't seem to want to budge, I just thought I'd ask around.

I shall get the heat gun on them and try again.

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