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Expert: - 10/26/2010


Question
Hi. I have a 2004 Cadillac SRX with a damaged grille. I would like to purchase a
replacement and swap it myself to be a little more economical. Is the grille easy
to remove/install and how would I go about doing this? Would it require special
tools?

Answer
Hello,

I can't be model specific, but as a general answer to your question, its not hard to replace and if you can get an after market grille, you can save a ton of money!

Once you have the grille you can see the mounting positions. They might try to throw you for aloop and employ torx screws. Instead of popping for a torx screw driver you will never use again, pick up a combo metric allen wrech. Not seperate one, but the one that has all the allen wrenches that fold into the handle.

Try the wrenches closest to the torx screw and you can now remove the screws. Some grilles have 10 mm heads as well, but yours probably doesn't.

You may have to transfer crest to.

Its a very easy job to change grilles.

Good luck!

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Alarm system questions cannot be answered on this forum. These systems are not what I can answer. Without being physically at the vehicle and not knowing what kind of electrical service has been done on the vehicle, there is no possible way to give an accurate answer over the internet. My expertise is in Ignition/key based anti-theft systems. These issues include GM VATS (resistor chip in key blade) PASSLOCK (MRD)-ignition lock rotation based, no special ignition key and the PKIII Transponder (computer chip in key) systems. These systems are not alarm based and are integral with the starting of the engine. This is why I cannot diagnose alarm problems without physically looking at the vehicle: Alarm systems are a completely different annimal than ignition key/lock based anti-theft system. Many alarm questions come from vehicles 10 years old, and since older, many hands that had been involved over the years.I am an expert in all GM factory (ignition/key based)systems. Alarm system questions pose to many situations beyond my knowledge as to what has been done to the vehicle over the years. Some guy may have actually wired the stereo into the alarm system. Who knows? Over my past 30 years in vehicle wiring repair, I have seen unbelievable wiring disaters done by guys that consider themselves "mechanics." I have seen stereos and alarms intalled using surgical tape. I have seen modules burn up, un-fused circuits, wiring jambed between the doors and even lamp cord used for a starter kill. To answer alarm questions over the internet without examining the vehicle is like asking; What does it take to remove a dent?

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Education/Credentials-ASE certified. 11 years with a GM dealer and 17 years with a repair facility dealing with only the repair of theft recovered vehicles.

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