Hi, if anyone can confirm that the grill surround is the same on both Hatch and spaceback?

 

Monte Carlo Black surrounds are available from Skoda for £76 + Vat so will order for my Sport if they are the same as this is surly cheaper than painting or wrapping?

 

Cheers

Edited 29 December, 201411 yr by charles

Front end the same.

Yes they are the same. Waiting to order mine when available and knowing how to get the grille off [emoji57]

The part number is:

5JA 853 607A F9R

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Yes they are the same. Waiting to order mine when available and knowing how to get the grille off [emoji57]

The part number is:

5JA 853 607A F9R

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Grille off?

 

workshop manual online here:

 

http://www.emanualonline.com/Cars/Skoda/Skoda-Rapid-Workshop-Repair-And-Service-Manual.html

 

or apparently cheaper on official Skoda ERWIN - but the official site has security issues at present?

 

check this thread:

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/314131-workshop-manuals/?hl=%2Bworkshop+%2Bmanual#entry3829990

Edited 29 December, 201411 yr by camelspyyder

I wouldn't pay £9.99 just to look that up though. I'll suss it out somehow. It can't be as bad as my Citigo was [emoji57]

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Yes they are the same. Waiting to order mine when available and knowing how to get the grille off [emoji57]

The part number is:

5JA 853 607A F9R

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Rapid Monte Carlo grille is now available... got a phone call from my dealer this morning to say it had arrived and picked it up straight away.

Expected it to be painted metal alloy but it appears to be made of the flexible type of plastic they use for the front wings on some cars, and it's definately one of the most expensive bits of plastic I've ever purchased (almost on a par with the wheel arch extensions for the Audi Q7) but will make the car (Spaceback Black Edition) look so much better... the chrome grille just looks wrong.

Will have a go at removing the grille tomorrow and fitting it and post pics if successful... can't be that difficult!

Would be great to see this [emoji106]

I agree the price is ridiculous for painted plastic!

There's a few of us waiting to see how the grille comes off so hopefully you can teach us how to do it [emoji16]

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Yay, looking forward to this too

 

I managed to get the garage's instruction on how to remove the bumper on the Civic. I would've thought that the Rapids would be floating around in cyberspace somewhere

I've tried always to look for a How to but there's nothing available (for free).

Even Skodas part catalogue is useless. The top screws are fine it's just a matter of what's at the bottom holding it.

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I wouldn't pay £9.99 just to look that up though. I'll suss it out somehow. It can't be as bad as my Citigo was [emoji57]

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You've reported so much wrong with your car I would have thought it was a good investment

 

Happy New Year

I've got some bad news for people looking to replace the front grille the front bumper need to be removed to get at all the bolts that holds on the grille. It's the some thing for all new skoda's the grille is part of the bumper.

They sell the grille assembly seperate so it can't be part of the bumper. There must be clips at the bottom.

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You've reported so much wrong with your car I would have thought it was a good investment

Happy New Year

Not a good investment just poor build quality [emoji57]

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I've tried always to look for a How to but there's nothing available (for free).

Even Skodas part catalogue is useless. The top screws are fine it's just a matter of what's at the bottom holding it.

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There are many EPCs that are worse lol VW's ETKA system is one of the better ones

I've got some bad news for people looking to replace the front grille the front bumper need to be removed to get at all the bolts that holds on the grille. It's the some thing for all new skoda's the grille is part of the bumper.

Others have removed the grille without having to first remove the bumper, so I'll remain optimistic for now... where there's a will there's a way!

Was going to try and tackle it today but hangover dictated otherwise, and besides, it's forecast to be sunny over here tomorrow which will make what might be a lengthy and annoying task a little more bearable.

Will report back as and when!

Everything is much more fun when you can't see clearly [emoji106][emoji16]

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I've mentioned here before that I had work done on my 64 rapid liftback. The front grill was removed while the bumper was on. Its just the screws at the top and then clips.

Edited 1 January, 201511 yr by mcdl

Thanks mcdl [emoji106]

There picture isn't very clear on this.

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